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Costatoria melanesiana

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae

Taxonomy
Costatoria melanesiana was named by Skwarko (1967). Its type specimen is CPC 5096, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is M26, 5 miles north-east from Tabibuga, which is in a Carnian marine siliciclastic in the Jimi Formation of Papua New Guinea.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Costatoria melanesiana Skwarko p. 63 figs. Pl 8, figs 1-7; pl 9, figs 2,4,5; text-fig 9

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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)
familyMyophoriidaeBronn 1847
genusCostatoria()
speciesmelanesiana

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Costatoria melanesiana Skwarko 1967
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Diagnosis
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