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Pleuromya tellina

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Pleuromya tellina Agassiz p. 250 figs. Pl. 29, Fig. 1-8
1977Pleuromya tellina Alencaster p. 161 figs. 16a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyPleuromyoideaDall 1900
familyPleuromyidaeDall 1900
genusPleuromya(Meek 1873)
speciestellinaAgassiz 1842

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.

Pleuromya tellina Agassiz 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height214.413.016.014.52.12
valve height18.00----

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Valanginian or 155.70000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Mexico (Chiapas) Pleuromya tellina (98672)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Tanzania Pleuromya tellina (35572 79094)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Pleuromya tellina (58773)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Tanzania Pleuromya tellina (79250 79267)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation Pleuromya tellina (2515)