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Merismopteria macroptera

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Taxonomy
Pterinea macroptera was named by Morris (1845). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spring Hill, Van Diemen's Land (Strzelecki coll), which is in a Roadian/Wordian marine siliciclastic in Australia.

It was recombined as Merismopteria macroptera by Laseron (1910), Clarke (1973), Waterhouse (1983), Muromtseva and Guskov (1984), Waterhouse (1987), Waterhouse (1988) and Clarke (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. carrandibbiensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Pterinea macroptera Morris p. 276 figs. Pl 13, figs 2, 3
1847Modiolopsis acutifrons Dana p. 159
1847Pterinea macroptera M'Coy p. 299
1849Cypricardia acutifrons Dana p. 702 figs. Pl 8, fig 4
1849Pterinea macroptera Dana p. 704
1877Avicula sublunata de Koninck p. 307 figs. Pl 26, fig 4
1887Avicula tasmanica Johnston p. 8
1910Merismopteria macroptera Laseron p. 204
1919Merismopteria acutifrons Etheridge Jr. p. 192
1973Merismopteria macroptera Clarke p. 59
1983Merismopteria macroptera Waterhouse p. 249 figs. Pl 3, figs 25,28
1984Merismopteria macroptera Muromtseva and Guskov p. 57 figs. Pl 23, figs 13,14,18-21
1987Merismopteria macroptera Waterhouse p. 145 figs. Pl 1, fig 28
1988Merismopteria macroptera Waterhouse p. 171 figs. Pl 1, fig 10; pl 2, figs 1, 3
1992Merismopteria macroptera Clarke p. 38 figs. 18C-I, 22A-F, 23

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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
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
familyPterineidae
genusMerismopteria
speciesmacroptera()

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.

†Merismopteria macroptera Morris 1845
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Invalid names: Avicula sublunata de Koninck 1877 [synonym], Avicula tasmanica Johnston 1887 [synonym], Modiolopsis acutifrons Dana 1847 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available