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Seymourtula antarctica

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Taxonomy
Lima (Limatula) antarctica was named by Wilckens (1910). Its type specimen is Mo 1636 and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Seymourtula antarctica by Zinsmeister and Macellari (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Lima (Limatula) antarctica Wilckens pp. 16-17 figs. pl. 1, figs. 8
1978Lima (Limatula) antarctica Fleming p. 52
1988Seymourtula antarctica Zinsmeister and Macellari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—Limoidei(Moore 1952)
superfamilyLimoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLimidaeRafinesque 1815
genusSeymourtulaZinsmeister 1988
speciesantarctica(Wilckens 1910)

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.

†Seymourtula antarctica Wilckens 1910
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Diagnosis
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