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Claibornites (Codalucina) muirensis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Phacoides muirensis was named by Dickerson (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 243, south of Muir Station, which is in a Selandian coastal siliciclastic in the Vine Hill Formation of California.

It was recombined as Claibornites (Codalucina) muirensis by Moore (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Phacoides muirensis Dickerson p. 123 figs. pl. 10, figs. 11a, 11b
1988Claibornites (Codalucina) muirensis Moore p. D20 figs. Plate 6, figures 6, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyMilthinaeChavan 1969
genusClaibornites
subgenusCodalucina
speciesmuirensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
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