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Nuttallia howardi

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

Taxonomy
Tellina howardi was named by Dickerson (1915). Its type specimen is CAS 271 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Nuttallia howardi by Moore (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. commoda, N. ochotica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Tellina howardi Dickerson p. 55 figs. Plate 4, figures 2a and 2b
2003Nuttallia howardi Moore figs. pl.10, fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyPsammobiidaeFleming 1828
genusNuttalliaDall 1900
specieshowardi()

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.

†Nuttallia howardi Dickerson 1915
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Diagnosis
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