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Brachidontes (Brachidontes) susanaensis

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Septifer susanaensis was named by Nelson (1925). Its type specimen is UC 30501, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3776, Runkle Canyon, which is in a Selandian marine horizon in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

It was recombined as Brachidontes (Brachidontes) susanaensis by Moore (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Septifer susanaensis Nelson p. 409 figs. pl. 49, fig. 10
1983Brachidontes (Brachidontes) susanaensis Moore p. A67 figs. Plate 17, figure 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—MytilomorphiFerussac 1822
orderMytilida(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyMytilidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMytilinaeRafinesque 1815
genusBrachidontesSwainson 1840
subgenusBrachidontesSwainson 1840
speciessusanaensis()

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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