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Cyprimeria moorei

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cyprimeria moorei was named by Popenoe (1937). Its type specimen is CIT (IP) 3440 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT loc. 92, Harding Canyon, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in the Ladd Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. cyprimeriformis, C. depressa, C. washitaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Cyprimeria moorei Popenoe p. 391 figs. Plate 47, figure 13; plate 48, figures 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
tribeMeretriciniGray 1847
subfamilyCyclinina(Frizzell 1936)
genusCyprimeriaConrad 1864
speciesmoorei

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.

†Cyprimeria moorei Popenoe 1937
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Diagnosis
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