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Denguiria azzouzorum

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae

Taxonomy
Denguiria azzouzorum was named by Boyd and Newell (1979). Its type specimen is USNM 264364, a valve (Right valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality E27, Merbah el Oussif East, Djebel Tebaga, which is in a Wordian marine shale/sandstone in the Middle Shaly Facies Formation of Tunisia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Denguiria azzouzorum Boyd and Newell p. 15 fig. 18
1995Denguiria azzouzorum Newell and Boyd p. 29 figs. 17.1-17.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyPterinopectinoideaNewell 1938
familyPterinopectinidaeNewell 1938
subfamilyPterinopectininaeNewell 1938
genusDenguiria
speciesazzouzorum

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.

†Denguiria azzouzorum Boyd and Newell 1979
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Diagnosis
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