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Stutchburia simplex

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Taxonomy
Modiolopsis simplex was named by Dana (1847). Its type specimen is USNM 3632 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harper's Hill, Hunter Valley (USNM coll), which is in a Sakmarian marine limestone in the Allandale Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Cypricardia simplex by Dana (1849); it was recombined as Stutchburia simplex by Etheridge (1919) and Waterhouse (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Modiolopsis simplex Dana p. 158
1849Cypricardia simplex Dana p. 703 figs. Pl 9, fig 2
1919Stutchburia simplex Etheridge Jr. p. 190
1988Stutchburia simplex Waterhouse p. 177 figs. Pl 5, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
superfamilyKalenteroideaMarwick 1953
familyKalenteridae
subfamilyMyoconchinaeNewell 1957
genusStutchburiaEtheridge 1900
speciessimplex()

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.

Stutchburia simplex Dana 1847
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Diagnosis
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