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Dacryomya tarua

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Dacryomya tarua was named by Skwarko (1973). Its type specimen is CPC 7749, a valve (right valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Ab45, Yuat River, which is in a Carnian marine shale in the Yuat Formation of Papua New Guinea.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. gaveyi, Nucula silicea, Nuculana compalana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Dacryomya tarua Skwarko p. 34 figs. Pl 13, figs 1-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusDacryomya(Agassiz 1840)
speciestarua

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.

†Dacryomya tarua Skwarko 1973
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Diagnosis
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