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Cockburnia lunulifera

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cytherea lunulifera was named by Wilckens (1911). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Cockburnia.

It was recombined as Cockburnia lunulifera by Zinsmeister (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Cytherea lunulifera Wilckens p. 17 figs. pl. 1, fig. 13a, b
1984Cockburnia lunulifera Zinsmeister p. 1522

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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
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
genusCockburnia
specieslunulifera(Wilckens 1911)

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.

Cockburnia lunulifera Wilckens 1911
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. J. Zinsmeister 1984Shell moderately small, subovate, inflated; umbones subcentral; dorsal margins with moderate slope; ventral margin broadly rounded; lunule large, not impressed, inscribed with faint incised line; escutcheon well developed; surface smooth, covered with crowded growth
increments; hinge with 3 widely diverging cardinals; right valve-3b moderately thick; 1 triangular; 3a long, narrow, subparallel to lunule; pallial sinus triangular, ascending; inner margin smooth.