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Here excavata

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina excavata was named by Carpenter (1857) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Oligocene-Recent; California-Mexico.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Lucina (Here) excavata by Gabb (1866) and Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Here (Here) excavata by Moore (1988); it was recombined as Here excavata by Addicott (1973) and Coan et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Lucina (Here) richthofeni was named by Gabb (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Pacific coast, North America.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was recombined as Phacoides richthofeni by Arnold (1907); it was synonymized subjectively with Lucina (Here) excavata by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Phacoides (Here) richthofeni by Loel and Corey (1932); it was synonymized subjectively with Here (Here) excavata by Moore (1988).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Lucina excavata Carpenter p. 248
1866Lucina (Here) excavata Gabb
1866Lucina (Here) richthofeni Gabb p. 29 figs. pl. 8, figs. 49
1907Phacoides richthofeni Arnold p. 543
1930Lucina (Here) excavata Stewart p. 181 figs. Plate 15, fig. 3; pl. 17, fig. 5
1932Phacoides (Here) richthofeni Loel and Corey p. 210 figs. Plate 36, figure 4
1973Here excavata Addicott p. 27
1988Here (Here) excavata Moore p. D13 figs. Plate 3, figures 5-14
2000Here excavata Coan et al. p. 263

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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
genusHere(Gabb 1866)
speciesexcavata(Carpenter 1857)

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.

Here excavata Carpenter 1857
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Invalid names: Phacoides (Here) richthofeni Gabb 1866 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 38.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Here excavata (194440)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (California) Here excavata (52801)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (California) Phacoides richthofeni (71161 71162 71170 71174)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) Here excavata (72406 72407 72408 219730 219733 219735)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Here excavata (94859) Phacoides richthofeni (71216 71217)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Here excavata (195079)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Lucina excavata (44985)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333USA (California) Here excavata (97234)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Here excavata (194803 194888)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Here excavata (97209 97233 97236 97242)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Here excavata (214259 214260 214263)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Here excavata (214255)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Here excavata (96594)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Here excavata (96566) Lucina excavata (59063 160361 219030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Here excavata (67613)