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Maitaia bella

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae

Taxonomy
Maitaia bella was named by Biakov (1992) [Geological museum of the Northeast Producing Geologic Combine]. Its type specimen is SVPGO 30/1062, a valve (Left valve), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Russkaya-Omolonskaya River, Cancrinelloides curvatus Zone, Omolon Massif, which is in a Capitanian marine siliciclastic in the Gizhiga Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Maitaia bella Biakov p. 42 figs. Pl 4, fig 5
2018Maitaia bella Biakov p. 767 figs. Pl 10, fig 15
2021Maitaia bella Biakov figs. Pl 5, figs 25-27

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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
superfamilyInoceramoideaGiebel 1852
familyAtomodesmatidaeWaterhouse 1976
subfamilyAtomodesmatinae()
genusMaitaiaMarwick 1934
speciesbella

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.

†Maitaia bella Biakov 1992
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Diagnosis
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