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Cleidophorus trapezoidalis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae

Taxonomy
Cleidophorus trapezoidalis was named by Waagen (1881). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Road from Katwahi to Shahpur, middle part, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian marine sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Cleidophorus trapezoidalis Waagen p. 227 figs. Pl 18, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyMalletioideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyCucullellidaeFischer 1886
subfamilyCucullellinaeFischer 1886
genusCleidophorus
speciestrapezoidalis

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.

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Diagnosis
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