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Botula pirriei

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Botula pirriei was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is La Meseta Fm Telm 7, which is in a Priabonian estuary/bay sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Botula pirriei Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 59 figs. pl. 2, fig. f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
MytilomorphiFerussac 1822
orderMytilida(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyMytilidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyModiolinae(Termier and Termier 1950)
genusBotulaMörch 1853
speciespirriei

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Botula pirriei Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Diagnosis
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