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Fugleria

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Barbatia (Fugleria) Reinhart p. 184
1943Barbatia (Fugleria) Reinhart p. 36 figs. PI. 3, figs. 4-6
1972Barbatia (Fugleria) Hertlein and Grant p. 157
1983Barbatia (Fugleria) Moore p. A35
2001Barbatia (Fugleria) Todd
2002Fugleria Sepkoski
2005Fugleria Rosenberg
2006Fugleria Mikkelsen

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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)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
genusFugleria()

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.

G. Fugleria Reinhart 1937
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Fugleria tenera Reeve 1844 [Delicate Ark]
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Invalid names: Arca balesi Pilsbry and McLean 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: intermediatef
Folds: minorf
Ribbing: majorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanic, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-09-09 09:04:43
Modified: 2009-09-09 11:04:43
Source: g = genus, f = family
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Barbatia millifila (60412 60415 60416)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Barbatia tenera (61310 67069 67070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Barbatia tenera (80407)