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Palaeoconcha ohioensis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae

Taxonomy
Ctenodonta ohioensis was named by Bassler (1915) [DISTRIBUTION: Silurian; North America.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Palaeoconcha ohioensis by Harrison and Harrison (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Ctenodonta ohioensis Bassler p. 308
1975Palaeoconcha ohioensis Harrison and Harrison p. 210

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyPraenuculidaeMcAlester 1968
genusPalaeoconchaMiller 1889
speciesohioensis(Bassler 1915)

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.

†Palaeoconcha ohioensis Bassler 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available