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Gastrana fragilis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina fragilis was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Gastrana fragilis by Freneix et al. (1988) and Schneider et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tellina fragilis Linnaeus
1988Gastrana fragilis Freneix et al. p. 430
2005Gastrana fragilis Schneider et al. p. 102

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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
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusGastranaSchumacher 1817
speciesfragilis(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Gastrana fragilis Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:44:14
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:16:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Gastrana fragilis (164944)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Gastrana fragilis (65161 77403)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Gastrana fragilis (31316)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Gastrana fragilis (51687)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) Gastrana fragilis (37365)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania Gastrana fragilis (38594)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Gastrana fragilis (69864 70785 70786 70863 70864 70882 70885 70887)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Gastrana fragilis (34723 69860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Gastrana fragilis (70513 207783)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy Gastrana fragilis (78336 78337 78338)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Turkey Gastrana fragilis (78332 78333)