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Maoritrigonia nuggetensis

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae

Taxonomy
Myophoria nuggetensis was named by Trechmann (1917). It is a mold. Its type locality is Nugget Point, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in New Zealand. It is the type species of Maoritrigonia.

It was recombined as Maoritrigonia nuggetensis by Fleming (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. leedae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Myophoria nuggetensis Trechmann p. 210 figs. Pl 22, fig 10
1918Myophoria nuggetensis Trechmann p. 210 figs. Pl 22, fig 10
1962Maoritrigonia nuggetensis Fleming p. 3 figs. Pl 1, figs 5-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—UniomorphiGray 1854
—UnioniGray 1854
—UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyTrigonioidea(Lamarck 1819)
familyTrigoniidaeLamarck 1819
subfamilyMinetrigoniinae(Kobayashi 1954)
genusMaoritrigonia
speciesnuggetensis()

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.

†Maoritrigonia nuggetensis Trechmann 1917
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Diagnosis
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