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Saturnidae (disused)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Saturnidae

Taxonomy
Saturnidae was named by Allen and Hannach (1986). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nuculanoidea by Nevesskaja (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Saturnidae Allen and Hannach
2009Saturnidae Nevesskaja

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familySaturnidaeAllen and Hannach 1986
familySaturnidaeAllen and Hannach 1986

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.

Fm. Saturnidae Allen and Hannach 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:26:01
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:26:01
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926
Collections
No collection or age range data are available