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Myonia sinuosa

Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae

Taxonomy
Cypricardia sinuosa was named by Dana (1847). Its type specimen is USNM 3585 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wollongong Point, Illawarra (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siliciclastic in the Gerringong Formation of Australia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pyramus myiformis by Runnegar (1967); it was recombined as Myonia sinuosa by Waterhouse (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Cypricardia sinuosa Dana p. 157
1988Myonia sinuosa Waterhouse p. 181 figs. Pl 6, fig 13; pl 14, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
superfamilyGrammysioideaMiller 1877
familySanguinolitidaeMiller 1877
subfamilyVacunellinae(Astafieva-Urbajtis 1973)
genusMyonia
speciessinuosa()

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.

Myonia sinuosa Dana 1847
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Diagnosis
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