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Cuneocorbula helenae

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

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

It was recombined as Cuneocorbula helenae by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Corbula (Cuneocorbula) helenae Maury p. 62 figs. pl. 9, fig. 25
2008Cuneocorbula helenae Hendy et al.

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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
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyMyoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCorbulidaeLamarck 1818
genusCuneocorbulaCossmann 1886
specieshelenae()

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.

Cuneocorbula helenae Maury 1912
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Diagnosis
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