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Pleurophorus occidentalis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Taxonomy
Pleurophorus occidentalis was named by Meek and Hayden (1864) [Pleurophorus? occidentalis]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Clidophorus occidentalis by Geinitz (1866) and White (1891).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. mexicanus, P. subplanus, P. taffi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Pleurophorus occidentalis Meek and Hayden p. 35 figs. pl. 1 f. 2
1866Clidophorus occidentalis Geinitz p. 23 figs. pl. 2 f. 6
1891Clidophorus occidentalis White p. 27 figs. Pl 4, fig 3
1961Pleurophorus occidentalis Hoare pp. 125-126 figs. pl. 15 f. 7-8

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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
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
superfamilyKalenteroideaMarwick 1953
familyKalenteridae
genusPleurophorusChavan 1954
speciesoccidentalis

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.

†Pleurophorus occidentalis Meek and Hayden 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available