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Tetrarca tetragona

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Taxonomy
Arca tetragona was named by Poli (1795). It is extant. It is the type species of Tetrarca.

It was recombined as Tetrarca tetragona by Vermeij and Amano (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Arca tetragona Poli
1850Arca tetragona Wood p. 76
1879Arca tetragona Wood p. 44
1993Arca tetragona Poppe and Goto p. 42
2000Arca tetragona Callapez and Ferreira Soares p. 315
2021Tetrarca tetragona Vermeij and Amano p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCucullaeidaeStewart 1930
genusTetrarcaNordsieck 1969
speciestetragona(Poli 1795)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-02-17 23:12:32
Modified: 2010-02-18 01:12:32
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

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

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Arca tetragona (178110)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy Arca tetragona (178112)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Arca tetragona (84755 84795 84992)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium Arca tetragona (80674)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Arca tetragona (84759)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Arca tetragona (178117)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Arca tetragona (78312)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Arca tetragona (127581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) Arca tetragona (89618 128466 128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Arca tetragona (122244)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Arca tetragona (166074)