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Praearca cambriensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Ctenodonta cambriensis was named by Hicks (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Side of Ogof Hên, Ramsey Island, which is in a Moridunian coastal mudstone in the Ogof Hen Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Praearca cambriensis by Carter (1971).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Ctenodonta cambriensis Hicks p. 47 figs. pl. 5 f. 8-9
1873Modiolopsis solvensis Hicks p. 50 figs. pl. 5 f. 18-19
1971Praearca cambriensis Carter p. 253 figs. pl. 38 f. 3-6

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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
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusPraearca
speciescambriensis()

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.

†Praearca cambriensis Hicks 1873
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Invalid names: Praearca solvensis Hicks 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available