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Macrodon curionii

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Macrodon curionii was named by Bittner (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Toline, Lago d'Iseo, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in the Raibl Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Macrodon curionii Bittner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyParallelodontidaeDall 1898
subfamilyParallelodontinaeDall 1898
genusMacrodon
speciescurionii

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.

Macrodon curionii Bittner 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 11:21:49
Modified: 2009-10-10 18:20:39
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Carnian or 242.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy (Brescia) Macrodon curionii (type locality: 202341)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0New Zealand Macrodon curionii (201932)