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Saxicavella burnsi

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Saxicavellidae

Taxonomy
Saxicavella burnsi was named by Hickman (2015). Its type specimen is UCMP 10707 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 15315, which is in a Rupelian marine horizon in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Saxicavella burnsi Hickman p. 29 figs. Fig. 14A–C
2020Saxicavella burnsi Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
SolenataDall 1889
orderHiatellida
superfamilyHiatelloidea(Gray 1824)
familySaxicavellidaeScott 1994
genusSaxicavellaFischer 1878
speciesburnsi

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.

Saxicavella burnsi Hickman 2015
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. S. Hickman 2015Shell length <10 mm, thin and fragile, equi- valve, inequilateral, with beaks anterior to midline; shape modioiliform (obliquely rhomboidal), anterior end narrower than posterior, posterior dorsal margin straight, posterior margin sub-truncate, ventral margin very shallowly convex; posterior area clearly demarcated by oblique rounded ridge extending from umbo to posterior-ventral margin. Interior of left valve with weak subumbonal ridge; surface with fine concentric growth lines and growth checks.