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Cucullaea saffordi

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
Arca (Cucullaea) equilateralis, Arca (Cucullaea) intermedia, C. adelaidensis, C. alta, C. antarctica, C. auriculifera, C. chiemiensis, C. chilensis, C. cordiformis, C. corioensis, C. crassatina, C. eichwaldi, C. ellioti, C. equidens, C. erda, C. ewekoroensis, C. farsensis, C. freia, C. gabbi (syn. C. transversa), C. gigantea, C. glabra, C. granulosa, C. haguei, C. harttii, C. increbescens, C. inermis, C. isolda, C. labiata, C. laubei, C. lirata, C. littlei, C. macerata, C. marshalli, C. mathewsonii (syn. Arca biloba), C. minchinhamptonensis, C. monodi, C. morani, C. multicostata, C. nebrascensis (syn. Idonearca shumardi, C. (Idonearca) cordata), C. nipponica, C. obliqua, C. obliqua, C. pachygastris, C. pamotanensis, C. patagonensis, C. perijana, C. ponderosa, C. scrivenori, C. seisiana, C. sindangbaranensis, C. striatiumbonata, C. subglabra, C. transversa, C. transversa, C. tschapitana, C. vulgaris, C. worthingtoni, Cucullea auingeri, Cucullea polyglypha, Cucullea rugosa, Idonearca deatsvillensis, Idonearca kingsensis, Idonearca murrayi, Idonearca powersi
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
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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)
familyCucullaeidaeStewart 1930
genusCucullaeaLamarck 1801
speciessaffordi

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
partNmean
height17.40

No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Tennessee) Cucullaea saffordi (90675 91897)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Tennessee) Cucullaea saffordi (98662)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Cucullaea saffordi (35081 92037)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) Cucullaea saffordi (86431)