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Cyrtodonta oboloidea

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Taxonomy
Palaearca oboloidea 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 Cyrtodonta oboloidea by Carter (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. simplex

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Glyptarca lobleyi Hicks p. 48 figs. pl. 5 f. 5
1873Palaearca hopkinsoni Hicks p. 48 figs. pl. 5 f. 11
1873Palaearca oboloidea Hicks p. 48 figs. pl. 5 f. 10
1971Cyrtodonta oboloidea Carter pp. 255 - 256 figs. pl. 38 f. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
—CyrtodontidinaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
superfamilyCyrtodontoidea(Ulrich 1894)
familyCyrtodontidae
genusCyrtodonta
speciesoboloidea()

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.

†Cyrtodonta oboloidea Hicks 1873
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Invalid names: Cyrtodonta hopkinsoni Hicks 1873 [synonym], Cyrtodonta lobleyi Hicks 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available