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Claraia pulchella

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae

Taxonomy
Claraia pulchella was named by Nakazawa (1953). Its type specimen is JM 10047A-a, a valve (right valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is San-in Railroad tunnel, Chigono, Y-5, Shimoyakuno, which is in a Smithian marine shale in Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Claraia pulchella Nakazawa p. 264 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyPterinopectinoideaNewell 1938
familyClaraiidaeGavrilova 1996
subfamilyClaraiinaeGavrilova 1996
tribeClaraiiniGavrilova 1996
genusClaraiaBittner 1901
speciespulchella

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.

†Claraia pulchella Nakazawa 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available