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Linga (Linga)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Linga (Linga) was named by de Gregorio (1885). It is extant.

It was assigned to Linga by de Gregorio (1885), Cox et al. (1969), Freneix et al. (1988) and Mandic and Steininger (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Linga (Linga) de Gregorio
1969Linga (Linga) Cox et al. p. 496
1988Linga (Linga) Freneix et al. p. 417
2003Linga (Linga) Mandic and Steininger p. 278

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusLingade Gregorio 1885
subgenusLingade Gregorio 1885

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.

Subg. Linga (Linga) de Gregorio 1885
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†Linga (Linga) woodringi Clark and Durham 1946
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) Lucina woodringi (42828)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Lucina columbella (77157)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Hungary Linga columbella (8338)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Linga columbella (8211)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) Linga columbella (74865)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Maranhao) Linga glomeramen (112596)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Linga glomeramen (65162) Phacoides glomeramen (60979)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Bordeaux) Linga columbella (48660)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Linga columbela (65161)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Linga columbella (60288 60291 60292 60312)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Linga columbella (51689 51691)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece Linga columbella (72305)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Linga columbella (73137 73138)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus Lucina columbella (71883)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Linga columbella (72310)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Israel Lucina columbella (99606)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Linga columbella (70786 70862 70863 70882 70886)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Lucina columbella (128326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Canary Islands) Linga columbella (92710)