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Atomodesma marwicki

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae

Taxonomy
Atomodesma marwicki was named by Waterhouse (1958). Its type specimen is NZGS TM2035 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS5082, The Cone, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. errabuta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Atomodesma marwicki Waterhouse p. 173 fig. 2A
1963Atomodesma marwicki Waterhouse p. 704 figs. Pl 100, figs 2,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyInoceramoideaGiebel 1852
familyAtomodesmatidaeWaterhouse 1976
subfamilyAtomodesmatinae()
genusAtomodesma
speciesmarwicki

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.

†Atomodesma marwicki Waterhouse 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available