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Myalinella acutirostris

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Taxonomy
Myalina acutirostris was named by Newell and Burma (1941). Its type specimen is Univ. Wisc. 20846, a valve (Left valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Section 63, Block E2, Briscoe County, which is in a Changhsingian peritidal dolomite in the Quartermaster Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Myalina (Myalinella) acutirostris by Newell (1942); it was recombined as Myalinella acutirostris by McRoberts and Newell (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Myalina acutirostris Newell and Burma p. 315 figs. Pl 45, figs 11-15
1942Myalina (Myalinella) acutirostris Newell p. 62 figs. Pl 14, figs 17-19
2005Myalinella acutirostris McRoberts and Newell p. 10 fig. 9d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAmbonychioidea(Miller 1877)
familyMyalinidaeFrech 1891
genusMyalinella
speciesacutirostris()

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.

Myalinella acutirostris Newell and Burma 1941
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Diagnosis
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