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Australomya sulcata

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae

Taxonomy
Myonia sulcata was named by Runnegar (1967) [Myonia? sulcata]. Its type specimen is CPC7509, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is BMR MC479, Hazelwood Creek, which is in an Artinskian coastal sandstone in the Lizzie Creek Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Australomya sulcata by Runnegar (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Myonia sulcata Runnegar p. 59 figs. Pl. 7 f. 1-6, 11-14, not 10.
1969Australomya sulcata Runnegar p. 285

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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
—PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPholadomyida()
superfamilyEdmondioidea()
familyMegadesmidaeVokes 1967
subfamilyMegadesminaeVokes 1967
genusAustralomya
speciessulcata()

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.

†Australomya sulcata Runnegar 1967
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Diagnosis
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