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Mesomiltha pulchra

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina pulchra was named by Zittel and Goubert (1861). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mesomiltha pulchra by Cox et al. (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Lucina pulchra Zittel and Goubert
1969Mesomiltha pulchra Cox et al. p. 500

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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
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyMyrteinaeChavan 1969
genusMesomilthaChavan 1938
speciespulchra(Zittel and Goubert 1861)

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.

Mesomiltha pulchra Zittel and Goubert 1861
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Diagnosis
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