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Deceptrix banksi

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Cardiolariidae

Taxonomy
Deceptrix banksi was named by Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson (1977). Its type specimen is UT 94494, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 74. Bubs hill, south of Lyell Highway, 19 kilometers east-southeast of Queenstown, which is in a Gisbornian transition zone/lower shoreface limestone in the Gordon Limestone Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Deceptrix banksi Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson p. 12 figs. pl. 7 f. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
familyCardiolariidae
genusDeceptrix
speciesbanksi

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.

Deceptrix banksi Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 12:41:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:06:12
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Gisbornian to the top of the Eastonian or 458.40000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gisbornian458.4 - 452.7Australia (Tasmania) Deceptrix banksi (type locality: 79237)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) Deceptrix banksi (79238)