Huetamia buitronae Alencáster & Pantoja Alor, 1998
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Huetamia buitronae Alencáster & Pantoja Alor, 1998
- Name authority
- Alencáster & Pantoja Alor, 1998
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Hippuritida
- Family
- Caprinuloideidae
- Genus
- Huetamia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extinct
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassAutobranchia Grobben, 1894
- infraclassHeteroconchia J. E. Gray, 1854
- subterclassEuheterodonta Giribet & Distel, 2003
- superorderImparidentia Bieler, P. M. Mikkelsen & Giribet, 2014
- orderHippuritida Newell, 1965
- suborderHippuritidina Newell, 1965
- superfamilyCaprinoidea A. d'Orbigny, 1847
- familyCaprinuloideidae Damestoy, 1971
- genusHuetamia Alencáster & Pantoja Alor, 1998
- speciesHuetamia buitronae Alencáster & Pantoja Alor, 1998
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Alencáster, G., & Pantoja Alor, J. (1998). Two new Lower Cretaceous rudists (Bivalvia-Hippuritacea) in the Huetamo region of southwest Mexico. Geobios, Mémoire Special, 22: 15–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-6995(98)80061-2 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3MSVL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.