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Cyrtodontula compressa

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Taxonomy
Whitella compressa was named by Ulrich (1890) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Ordovician.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cyrtodontula compressa by Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. ottawana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Whitella compressa Ulrich p. 180
1960Cyrtodontula compressa Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen p. 99

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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
genusCyrtodontula
speciescompressa(Ulrich 1890)

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.

†Cyrtodontula compressa Ulrich 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available