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Quadratonucula australiensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Quadratonucula australiensis was named by Dickins (1963). Its type specimen is CPC 3863, a valve (Right valve internal mold), and it is a mold. Its type locality is BMR IR20, Carynginia Gully, Irwin River Area, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in the Fossil Cliff Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Quadratonucula.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Quadratonucula australiensis Dickins p. 33 figs. Pl 1, figs 16-24; text-fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusQuadratonucula
speciesaustraliensis

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.

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Diagnosis
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