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Claibornites (Claibornites) diegoensis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina diegoensis was named by Dickerson (1916) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Pacific coast, North America.]. Its type specimen is UCMP 11788, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Phacoides diegoensis by Beal (1948); it was recombined as Claibornites (Claibornites) diegoensis by Moore (1988); it was recombined as Claibornites diegoensis by Squires (1984), Squires (1987) and Squires (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Lucina diegoensis Dickerson p. 484 figs. pl. 37, figs. 1a, 1b
1927Lucina diegoensis Hanna p. 284
1948Phacoides diegoensis Beal
1984Claibornites diegoensis Squires p. 44 figs. Figure 10m
1987Claibornites diegoensis Squires p. 61 figs. 101, 102
1988Claibornites (Claibornites) diegoensis Moore p. D20 figs. Plate 6, figures 3, 5, 7
1988Claibornites diegoensis Squires p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyMilthinaeChavan 1969
genusClaibornites
subgenusClaibornitesStewart 1930
speciesdiegoensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
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