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Pteria clarki

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Taxonomy
Pteria clarki was named by Weaver and Palmer (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UW 323, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Pteria clarki Weaver and Palmer p. 12 figs. pl. 10, figs. 5, 12, 15
2020Pteria clarki Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyPteriidaeGray 1847
genusPteriaScopoli 1777
speciesclarki

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.

Pteria clarki Weaver and Palmer 1922
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Diagnosis
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