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Quadratonucula stella

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Quadratonucula stella was named by Yancey (1978). Its type specimen is USNM 245150, a valve (Left valve, internal mold), and it is a mold. Its type locality is CHS 1J-2, Buck Mountain Section, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Riepetown Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Quadratonucula stella Yancey p. 320 figs. Pl 8, figs 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusQuadratonucula
speciesstella

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.

†Quadratonucula stella Yancey 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available