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Rhombopteria (Newsomella)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Rhombopteriidae

Taxonomy
Rhombopteria (Newsomella) was named by Foerste (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-u S Ludl].

It was synonymized subjectively with Cypricardinia by Johnston (1993) and Watkins (1997); it was reranked as Newsomella by Cox et al. (1969) and Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Rhombopteria by Foerste (1909); to Pterineidae by Cox et al. (1969); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Rhombopteria (Newsomella) Foerste p. 67
1969Newsomella Cox et al. p. N301
2002Newsomella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyRhombopterioideaKorobkov 1960
familyRhombopteriidaeKorobkov 1960
genusRhombopteriaJackson 1890
subgenusNewsomella

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.

Subg. †Rhombopteria (Newsomella) Foerste 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available