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Monotis pygmaea

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae

Taxonomy
Avicula pygmaea was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Monotis pygmaea by Laube (1865); it was recombined as Pseudomonotis pygmaea by Bittner (1895).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. aries, M. kiritehereensis, M. mokaui, M. rhaetica, M. taringatura

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Avicula pygmaea Münster p. 78 figs. Pl 7, fig 21
1841Avicula striata Münster p. 78 figs. Pl 7, fig 20
1865Monotis pygmaea Laube p. 51 figs. Pl 16, fig 11
1895Pseudomonotis pygmaea Bittner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—MonotoideiWaterhouse 2001
familyMonotidaeFischer 1887
genusMonotisBronn 1830
speciespygmaea()

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.

†Monotis pygmaea Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Avicula striata Münster 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available