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Atomodesma acuta

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae

Taxonomy
Kolymia acuta was named by Lutkevitch and Lobanova (1960). Its type specimen is TsNIGR 273/7443, a shell (Cast of closed valves), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Vas'-Yaga River, Pai-Khoy Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in the Tabyo Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Maitaia (Mytilidesmatella) acuta by Astafieva (1989) and Astafieva (1993); it was recombined as Maitaia acuta by Biakov (2008); it was recombined as Atomodesma acuta by Biakov (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Kolymia acuta Lutkevitch and Lobanova p. 149 figs. Pl 21, figs 1,2
1989Maitaia (Mytilidesmatella) acuta Astafieva p. 18 fig. 1f,g
1993Maitaia (Mytilidesmatella) acuta Astafieva p. 99 figs. Pl 7, fig 2
2008Maitaia acuta Biakov
2013Atomodesma acuta Biakov p. 463

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyInoceramoideaGiebel 1852
familyAtomodesmatidaeWaterhouse 1976
subfamilyAtomodesmatinae()
genusAtomodesma
speciesacuta(Lutkevitch and Lobanova 1960)

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.

Atomodesma acuta Lutkevitch and Lobanova 1960
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Diagnosis
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