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Placunopsis minuta

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Taxonomy
Placunopsis minuta was named by Lundgren (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Stewart (gray sandstone), which is in a Pliensbachian marine sandstone in the Cape Stewart Beds Formation of Greenland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. favrii, P. gingensis, P. linensis, P. mortilleti, P. parallela, P. pichi, P. tatrica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Placunopsis minuta Lundgren p. 197 figs. Pl. 3, Fig. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—AnomioideiGray 1854
—AnomioiteiGray 1854
superfamilyAnomioideaRafinesque 1815
familyAnomiidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPlacunopsisMorris and Lycett 1853
speciesminuta

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.

†Placunopsis minuta Lundgren 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available