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Cyrtodonta wattii

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Taxonomy
Palaearca wattii was named by Tate (1896). Its type specimen is SAM T 1258a, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cyrtodonta wattii by Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. simplex

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Palaearca wattii Tate p. 108 figs. pl. 15 f. 1-7
1977Cyrtodonta wattii Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson p. 21 figs. pl. 15 f. 1-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
—CyrtodontidinaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
superfamilyCyrtodontoidea(Ulrich 1894)
familyCyrtodontidae
genusCyrtodonta
specieswattii()

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.

†Cyrtodonta wattii Tate 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available