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Megadesmus globosus

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae

Taxonomy
Megadesmus globosus was named by Sowerby (1838). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harper's Hill, Hunter Valley (Mitchell coll), which is in a Sakmarian coastal sandstone in the Allandale Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Pachydomus globosus by Morris (1845), M'Coy (1847) and Etheridge (1880).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Megadesmus globosus Sowerby p. 15 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2
1845Pachydomus globosus Morris p. 272
1847Pachydomus globosus M'Coy p. 301
1880Pachydomus globosus Etheridge Jr. p. 301
1965Megadesmus globosus Runnegar p. 235 figs. Pl 12, figs 1-7
1974Megadesmus globosus Termier et al. p. 87 figs. Pl 7, fig 7

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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()
superfamilyEdmondioidea()
familyMegadesmidaeVokes 1967
genusMegadesmus
speciesglobosus

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.

Megadesmus globosus Sowerby 1838
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Diagnosis
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