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Erycina (Hemilepton) aotea

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae

Taxonomy
Erycina (Hemilepton) aotea was named by Maxwell (1992). Its type specimen is TM 6990, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. backlundi, E. grigonensis, E. scaptera, E. tenuicula, E. trigonularis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Erycina (Hemilepton) aotea Maxwell p. 72 figs. pl. 6, fig. i, k

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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
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
superfamilyLeptonoidea(Gray 1847)
familyErycinidaeGray 1847
genusErycinaLamarck 1805
subgenusHemilepton(Cossmann 1911)
speciesaotea

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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