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Mactrellona tumbezia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mactra (Mactrella) tumbezia was named by Olsson (1921). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Basal Heath or Caleto Mero Shales, which is in an Oligocene shoreface sandstone/shale in the Heath Formation of Peru.

It was recombined as Mactrellona tumbezia by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Mactra (Mactrella) tumbezia Olsson p. 66 figs. pl. 9, figs. 3, 5
1982Mactrellona tumbezia Woodring p. 650

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyMactrinaeLamarck 1809
genusMactrellonaMarks 1915
speciestumbezia(Olsson 1921)

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.

Mactrellona tumbezia Olsson 1921
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Diagnosis
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