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Tucetona usiacurii

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Glycymeris usiacurii was named by Anderson (1929). Its type specimen is CAS 4688, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 325, Usiacuri, east of [Tubará Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Tubará Formation of Colombia.

It was recombined as Tucetona usiacurii by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Glycymeris usiacurii Anderson p. 153
2008Tucetona usiacurii Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyGlycymerididaeNewton 1922
genusTucetonaIredale 1939
speciesusiacurii()

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.

Tucetona usiacurii Anderson 1929
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Diagnosis
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