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Angulus benedeni

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
A. agilis, A. democracianus, A. diantha, A. merus (syn. Tellina promera), A. texanus (syn. Moerella sayi), A. umbra, A. versicolor (syn. Tellina (Angulus) pauperata), Tellina (Angulus) buttoni, Tellina (Angulus) cadieni, Tellina (Angulus) castacana, Tellina (Angulus) diabloensis, Tellina (Angulus) domenginensis, Tellina (Angulus) entaenia, Tellina (Angulus) joaquinensis, Tellina (Angulus) jollaensis, Tellina (Angulus) lanceolata, Tellina (Angulus) longa, Tellina (Angulus) modesta, Tellina (Angulus) packardi, Tellina (Angulus) producta, Tellina (Angulus) prolenta, Tellina (Angulus) scrippsensis, Tellina (Angulus) simiensis, Tellina (Angulus) subplana, Tellina (Angulus) vorbei, Tellina (Angulus) woodringi
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. distortus, A. donacinus, A. fabulus, A. maximus, A. nysti, A. perna, A. planatus, A. posterus, A. tenuis, A. vestalioides, A. donacillus, A. donacina, A. donacinus, A. napanensis, A. opressa, A. optata, A. compressa, A. aquitanica, A. planatus, A. edgari, A. bipartita, A. inflata, A. nysti, A. posterus, A. sacyi, A. tumens, A. maxima, A. maximus, A. maximus, Tellina disparoides, Tellina felix, Tellina iridella, Tellina iridescens, Tellina juvenilis, Tellina plana, Tellina singewaldi
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Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
subfamilyTellininaeBlainville 1814
genusAngulusMegerle 1811
speciesbenedeni(Nyst and Westendorp 1839)

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Gelasian or 33.90000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium Angulus benedeni (111366 111368 111371)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Angulus benedeni (62882)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Angulus benedeni (62884)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Angulus benedeni (111599)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Angulus benedeni (61896 61897 61898 61902 61903 61904 61906 62885)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium Angulus benedeni (77863 77868)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Angulus benedeni (86803 86804 86805 86806)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Belgium Angulus benedeni (86807 86808)