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Elimata symmetrica

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Taxonomy
Elimata symmetrica was named by Waterhouse (1987). Its type specimen is UQF 70737, a valve (Left valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UQ L4108, Ross Creek Tributary, Cracow Station, which is in a Roadian foreshore conglomerate/sandstone in the Brae Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Elimata symmetrica Waterhouse pp. 159-160 figs. Pl 9, figs 14-19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—Limoidei(Moore 1952)
superfamilyLimoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLimidaeRafinesque 1815
genusElimata
speciessymmetrica

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.

†Elimata symmetrica Waterhouse 1987
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Diagnosis
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