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Atomodesma obliquatum

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae

Taxonomy
Atomodesma obliquatum was named by Waterhouse (1963). Its type specimen is NZGS TM3366 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS7344, Letham Burn (D44/f9862), which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Letham Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. errabuta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Atomodesma obliquatum Waterhouse p. 704 figs. Pl 100, figs 5-7

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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
speciesobliquatum

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 obliquatum Waterhouse 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available