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Arctica africana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae

Taxonomy
Arctica africana was named by Adegoke (1977). Its type specimen is UIMG 529 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. inornata, A. obesa, A. rostrata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Arctica africana Adegoke p. 276 figs. Plate 48, Figs. 16-18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyArcticoidea(Newton 1891)
familyArcticidaeNewton 1891
genusArcticaSchumacher 1817
speciesafricana

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.

†Arctica africana Adegoke 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available