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Opis californica

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Opis californica was named by Stanton (1895). Its type specimen is USNM 23055 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Northwest of Stephenson Place, Cold Ford of Cottonwood Creek, which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian basinal (siliceous) mudstone/sandstone in the Stony Creek Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Opis californica Stanton
1938Opis californica Anderson p. 120
2009Opis californica Squires and Saul p. 1318 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
subfamilyOpinaeChavan 1952
genusOpisDefrance 1824
speciescalifornica

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.

†Opis californica Stanton 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available