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Dunbarella knighti

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae

Taxonomy
Dunbarella knighti was named by Newell (1938). Its type specimen is KU 237 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. carbonarius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Dunbarella knighti Newell p. 40 figs. Pl 2, figs 8-10

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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
familyPterinopectinidaeNewell 1938
subfamilyPterinopectininaeNewell 1938
genusDunbarella
speciesknighti

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.

†Dunbarella knighti Newell 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available