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Anodontia (Anodontia) mississippiensis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina mississippiensis was named by Conrad (1848) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 30658, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Cyclas mississippiensis by Conrad (1854); it was recombined as Anodontia (Anodontia) mississippiensis by Dockery (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. reklawensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Lucina mississippiensis Conrad p. 293
1854Cyclas mississippiensis Conrad p. 30
1982Anodontia (Anodontia) mississippiensis Dockery p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusAnodontiaLink 1807
subgenusAnodontiaLink 1807
speciesmississippiensis()

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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