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Tivela (Pachydesma) inezana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Pachydesma inezana was named by Conrad (1856) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; California.]. Its type specimen is USNM 13349, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tivela (Pachydesma) inezana by Wagner and Schilling (1923), Loel and Corey (1932) and Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. baini, T. compressa, T. ponderosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Pachydesma inezana Conrad p. 313
1923Tivela (Pachydesma) inezana Wagner and Schilling p. 255 figs. Plate 46, figures 1 and 2
1932Tivela (Pachydesma) inezana Loel and Corey p. 219 figs. Plate 40, figures 7, 8, 9
1938Pachydesma inezana Clark and Anderson p. 947 figs. Plate 1, figures 6-8
2020Tivela (Pachydesma) inezana Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
genusTivelaLink 1807
subgenusPachydesma
speciesinezana()

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: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:40:15
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:40:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 38.00000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (California) Pachydesma inezana (205787)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Tivela inezana (11601)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Tivela inezana (71216 71223 71225 71227 71228 71229 71230 94850 94854 94856 94857 94868 203554)