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Oblicarina carinata

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae

Taxonomy
Chaenomya carinata was named by Etheridge (1892) [Queensland Museum, Brisbane]. Its type specimen is F1218, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Banana Creek, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal sandstone in the Flat Top Formation of Australia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Vacunella curvata by Runnegar (1967); it was recombined as Oblicarina carinata by Waterhouse (1967) and Waterhouse (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Chaenomya carinata Etheridge p. 279 figs. Pl 43, figs 5,6
1967Oblicarina carinata Waterhouse p. 56 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,3; text-fig 2e
1987Oblicarina carinata Waterhouse p. 175 figs. Pl 11, fig 5; pl 14, figs 4,6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPholadomyida()
superfamilyPholadomyoideaKing 1844
familyChaenomyidaeWaterhouse 1966
genusOblicarina
speciescarinata(Etheridge 1892)

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.

†Oblicarina carinata Etheridge 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height144.5

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-12 12:34:22
Modified: 2009-10-12 14:34:22
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Clapham 2015

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) Chaenomya carinata (type locality: 82289) Oblicarina carinata (98098 101569 120536 120661)