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Schizodus fitzroyensis

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae

Taxonomy
Schizodus fitzroyensis was named by Dickins (1963). Its type specimen is CPC 3945, a valve (Right valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is BMR KPA54, Mount Tuckfield, Saint George Range, which is in an Artinskian coastal sandstone in the Poole Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Schizodus fitzroyensis Dickins p. 100 figs. Pl 17, figs 10-19; text-fig 12A
1983Schizodus fitzroyensis Liu and Cui p. 84 figs. Pl 10, fig 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyTrigonioidea(Lamarck 1819)
familySchizodidae
genusSchizodus
speciesfitzroyensis

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.

Schizodus fitzroyensis Dickins 1963
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Diagnosis
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