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Mactra mekranensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mactra mekranensis was named by Newton (1905) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene or Early Pliocene; Pakistan.]. Its type specimen is Unknown number, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Mactra mekranensis Newton p. 298 figs. pl. 16, figs. 6, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyMactrinaeLamarck 1809
genusMactraLinnaeus 1767
speciesmekranensis

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.

Mactra mekranensis Newton 1905
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Diagnosis
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