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Taxonomy
Cubitostrea californiana was named by Squires (2018). Its type specimen is LACMIP 14700, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 485, Devil Canyon, which is in a Lutetian offshore sandstone in the Llajas Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Cubitostrea californiana Squires p. 13 figs. Figures 112–128 |
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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.
†Cubitostrea californiana Squires 2018
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. L. Squires 2018 | Shell size small to medium-small. Valves very thin and flattish. Radial ribs numerous and very narrow. Brachitellum can be present on lower margins of left valve of juveniles. Resilifer groove short but wide. Adductor muscle scar reniform or elongate, posterior of center. Chomata common on juveniles but nearly absent on adults. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||