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Cyrtorostra subexotica

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae

Taxonomy
Aviculopecten subexoticus was named by Waagen (1881). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chidru, topmost Productus Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian coastal sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Blanfordinia subexotica by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Cyrtorostra subexotica by Nakazawa and Newell (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Aviculopecten subexoticus Waagen p. 309 figs. Pl 23, fig 6
1944Blanfordinia subexotica Reed p. 316
1968Cyrtorostra subexotica Nakazawa and Newell p. 70

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyAviculopectinoideaMeek and Hayden 1864
familyDeltopectinidae
subfamilyCyrtorostrinae()
genusCyrtorostraBranson 1930
speciessubexotica()

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.

Cyrtorostra subexotica Waagen 1881
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Diagnosis
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