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Glyptarca primaeva

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Glyptarca primaeva was named by Hicks (1873). Its type specimen is Sedgwick Museum A16706-7 and 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. naranjoana, G. radnorensis, G. serrata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Glyptarca primaeva Hicks p. 48 figs. pl. 5 f. 1-4
1971Glyptarca primaeva Carter pp. 258 - 259 figs. pl. 38 f. 8-10, 12-14

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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
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyParallelodontidaeDall 1898
subfamilyParallelodontinaeDall 1898
genusGlyptarca
speciesprimaeva

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.

†Glyptarca primaeva Hicks 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available