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Tucetona finlayi

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Glycymeris (Grandaxinea) finlayi was named by Laws (1939). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour, which is in an Otaian coastal sandstone in the Pakaurangi Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Tucetona finlayi by Beu et al. (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Glycymeris (Grandaxinea) finlayi Laws pp. 470 - 471 figs. 13, 24
1990Tucetona finlayi Beu et al. p. 428

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyGlycymerididaeNewton 1922
genusTucetonaIredale 1939
speciesfinlayi()

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.

Tucetona finlayi Laws 1939
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Diagnosis
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