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Nipponothracia lomitensis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina lomitensis was named by Olsson (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lomitos, which is in an Eocene marine chert in Peru.

It was recombined as Nipponothracia lomitensis by Kiel (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. ponbetsensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Lucina lomitensis Olsson p. 48 figs. Plate 5, Figs. 1, 4
2013Nipponothracia lomitensis Kiel p. 357

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusNipponothraciaKanie and Sakai 1997
specieslomitensis()

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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