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Periploma caribana

Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae

Taxonomy
Periploma caribana was named by Anderson (1929). Its type specimen is CAS 4673, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 267 (horizon R), Tubará Mtn [Tubará Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Tubará Formation of Colombia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Periploma caribana Anderson p. 178 figs. pl. 23, fig. 1
2008Periploma caribana Hendy et al.

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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
orderThraciida
superfamilyThracioideaStoliczka 1870
familyPeriplomatidaeDall 1895
genusPeriplomaSchumacher 1816
speciescaribana

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.

Periploma caribana Anderson 1929
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Diagnosis
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