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Cavilinga trisulcata

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina trisulcata was named by Conrad (1841) [DISTRIBUTION: Florida-Mexico.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Phacoides (Cavilucina) trisulcatus by Dall (1901) and Dall (1903); it was recombined as Phacoides (Here) trisulcata by Glenn (1904); it was recombined as Phacoides (Here) trisulcatus by Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Phacoides (Cardiolucina) trisulcatus by Mansfield (1932), Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Phacoides trisulcata by Richards (1947); it was recombined as Cavilinga trisulcata by Ward and Blackwelder (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Linga pomila, Lucina crassiplica, Lucina nanna, Lucina pomilia, Parvilucina scaldensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Lucina trisulcata Conrad p. 346
1860Lucina trisulcata Holmes p. 28
1901Phacoides (Cavilucina) trisulcatus Dall p. 808
1903Phacoides (Cavilucina) trisulcatus Dall p. 1370
1904Phacoides (Here) trisulcata Glenn p. 337
1922Phacoides (Here) trisulcatus Olsson p. 222
1932Phacoides (Cardiolucina) trisulcatus Mansfield p. 96
1943Phacoides (Cardiolucina) trisulcatus Gardner p. 76
1947Phacoides trisulcata Richards p. 33
1987Cavilinga trisulcata Ward and Blackwelder p. 146 figs. Plate 10, Figs. 7-8

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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
genusCavilingaChavan 1937
speciestrisulcata(Conrad 1841)

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: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:58:42
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:06:31
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (South Carolina) Phacoides trisulcatus (92430)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Phacoides trisulcatus (42225 42272 42290 42328 42366 42424 42443 42678)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Phacoides trisulcatus (134673)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Phacoides trisulcatus (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Cavilinga trisulcata (131217 131237 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Cavilinga trisulcata (58895)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Phacoides trisulcatus (134653)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) Cavilinga trisulcata (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Cavilinga trisulcata (58897)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Phacoides trisulcatus (79331)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Cavilinga trisulcata (69045) Phacoides trisulcata (66742)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Phacoides trisulcata (66760)