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Maoritrigonia otamitensis

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae

Taxonomy
Myophoria otamitensis was named by Trechmann (1917). It is a mold. Its type locality is Otamita Stream (Bed "C"), which is in a Carnian marine shale in New Zealand.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. leedae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Myophoria otamitensis Trechmann
1918Myophoria otamitensis Trechmann
1962Maoritrigonia otamitensis Fleming p. 3

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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
speciesotamitensis()

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 otamitensis Trechmann 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available