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Lopha teranosawensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Lopha teranosawensis was named by Nakazawa and Newell (1968). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Teranosawa, Maiya, Towa-cho, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Tenjinnoki Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Lopha teranosawensis Nakazawa and Newell p. 83 figs. Pl 7, figs 5,9

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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(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLophinaeVialov 1936
genusLophaRöding 1798
speciesteranosawensis

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.

Lopha teranosawensis Nakazawa and Newell 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available