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Parallelodon kingiana

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Arca kingiana was named by de Verneuil (1845). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ilchegulova, basal limestone, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Byssoarca kingiana by King (1850); it was recombined as Macrodon kingianum by Airaghi (1907); it was recombined as Parallelodon kingiana by Clapham (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Arca kingiana de Verneuil p. 313 figs. Pl 19, fig 11
1848Arca kingiana Howse p. 247
1850Byssoarca kingiana King p. 174 figs. Pl 15, figs 10-12
1850Arca permiana d'Orbigny
1853Arca zerrenneri Schauroth fig. 17
1861Arca kingiana Geinitz p. 67 figs. Pl 13, fig 32
1907Macrodon kingianum Airaghi p. 48
2015Parallelodon kingiana Clapham

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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
genusParallelodon
specieskingiana()

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.

Parallelodon kingiana de Verneuil 1845
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Invalid names: Arca permiana d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Arca zerrenneri Schauroth 1853 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available