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Cypricardinia fossa

Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae

Taxonomy
Cypricardinia fossa was named by Campbell and Engel (1963). Its type specimen is F.7603 U.N.E., a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is L76, Rangari Section, 6.2 km north, 2.5 km east of Kelvin, which is in a Hastarian carbonate limestone in the Rangari limestone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Cypricardinia fossa Campbell and Engel pp. 103-104 figs. pl. 7 f. 18-24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderModiomorphida(Newell 1969)
superfamilyModiomorphoidea(Miller 1877)
familyCypricardiniidaeUlrich 1894
genusCypricardinia
speciesfossa

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.

†Cypricardinia fossa Campbell and Engel 1963
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Diagnosis
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