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Lunarca brightonensis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Arca (Argina) brightonensis was named by Maury (1912) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Oligocene or Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is PRI (unknown number), a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Lunarca brightonensis by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Arca (Argina) brightonensis Maury p. 46 figs. pl. 8, figs. 4-6
2008Lunarca brightonensis Hendy et al.

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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
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyAnadarinaeReinhart 1935
genusLunarcaGray 1847
speciesbrightonensis()

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.

Lunarca brightonensis Maury 1912
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Diagnosis
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