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Tauraxinus (Mendicula)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae

Taxonomy
Tauraxinus (Mendicula) was named by Iredale (1924) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8615].

It was assigned to Tauraxinus by Lamprell and Healy (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Tauraxinus (Mendicula) Iredale
1998Tauraxinus (Mendicula) Lamprell and Healy p. 146

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyThyasiroideaDall 1900
familyThyasiridaeDall 1901
genusTauraxinusSacco 1901
subgenusMendiculaIredale 1924

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. †Tauraxinus (Mendicula) Iredale 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Diet 2: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-20 19:58:31
Modified: 2009-09-20 21:58:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
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