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Kitsonia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae

Taxonomy
Kitsonia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trapeziidae by Adegoke (1977); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Kitsoniidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Kitsonia Adegoke p. 277
2002Kitsonia Sepkoski
2010Kitsonia Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyArcticoidea(Newton 1891)
familyTrapezidae(Lamy 1920)
genusKitsonia

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.

G. †Kitsonia
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Kitsonia paleocenica Adegoke 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:26:58
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:26:58
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Selandian or 61.60000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria K. paleocenica (7791)