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Linga

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Linga was named by de Gregorio (1885) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Phacoides (Linga) by Woodring (1925) and Gardner (1947); it was reranked as Lucina (Linga) by Vredenburg (1928).

It was assigned to Lucina by Vredenburg (1928); to Phacoides by Woodring (1925) and Gardner (1947); to Lucininae by Cox et al. (1969), Vokes (1980) and Moore (1988); to Lucinidae by Abbott (1974), Freneix et al. (1988) and Lamprell and Whitehead (1992); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Linga de Gregorio
1925Phacoides (Linga) Woodring p. 118
1928Lucina (Linga) Vredenburg p. 441
1947Phacoides (Linga) Gardner pp. 106, 107
1969Linga Cox et al. p. 496
1974Linga Abbott p. 457
1980Linga Vokes p. 101
1988Linga Freneix et al. p. 417
1988Linga Moore p. D13
1992Linga Lamprell and Whitehead p. 46
2002Linga Sepkoski

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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
genusLingade Gregorio 1885

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.

G. Linga de Gregorio 1885
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Subg. Linga (Bellucina) Dall 1901
Subg. †Linga (Illesca) Olsson 1932
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Subg. Linga (Linga) de Gregorio 1885
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Linga (Linga) woodringi Clark and Durham 1946
Subg. Linga (Pleurolucina) Dall 1901
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Phacoides (Linga) browni Woodring 1925
Phacoides (Linga) kovatchevi Karagyuleva 1964
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (121 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Mississippi) L. pomilia (89868 89872 90028 90029 90030)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) L. pomilia (83812 89873 89946 90038 90039 90040 90143 90144 90145 90146 90147 90148 97454) L. smithi (83809)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) L. pomilia (89849 92783)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) L. pomilia (2414)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) L. pomilia (205496) L. sp. (205527)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) Phacoides andersoni (52526)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) L. alveata, L. pomilia (5311 5312 5320 5321 5322 5330 5332 5334 5335) L. carinifera, L. hamata, L. pomila (205489) L. carinifera, L. pomila (205438) L. carinifera, L. pomilia (81266) L. pomilia (2416 2417 2418 2420 2423 2443 5318 81275 81278 81282)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria Phacoides kovatchevi (103756)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) Lucina woodringi (42828)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Lucina columbella (77157)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Hungary L. columbella (8338)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary L. columbella (8211)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) L. columbella (74865)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Maranhao) L. glomeramen (112596)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) L. glomeramen (65162) Phacoides glomeramen (60979)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy L. agassizi (178108)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Bordeaux) L. columbella (48660)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria L. columbela (65161)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Phacoides densatus (42677 42678) Phacoides densatus, Phacoides sp. (42482)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic L. sp. (74963)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria L. agassizi, L. columbella (60288 60291 60292) L. columbella (60312)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia L. n. sp. (70081)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland L. columbella (51689 51691)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece L. agassizi, L. columbella (72305)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Cyprus Lucina miobarbieri (71874)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Phacoides gelnni (94810)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia L. columbella (73137 73138)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovakia L. sp. (145966)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece L. agassizi, L. columbella (72310)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus Lucina columbella (71883)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco L. agassizi (173165)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Israel Lucina columbella (99606)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) L. sp. (79785 79997)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) L. nuciformis (63432 63433 63434 63435 63439)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia (New Guinea) L. sp. (42391)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) Pleurolucina sp. (135944)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Pleurolucina sp. (135816 135821)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria L. columbella (70786 70862 70863 70882 70886)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic L. sp. (74967)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Pleurolucina sp. (96550)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador L. sp. (131332 131333 131334)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Pleurolucina sp. (135832)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic L. sp. (74964)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Lucina inopinata (77658)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica L. actinus, L. sp., L. podagrinus (69090) L. podagrinus (69092) L. sp. (69094) Phacoides podagrinus, Phacoides browni, Phacoides tithonis (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) L. sp. (61344)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) L. sp. (79800)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Phacoides leucocyma (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) L. waccamawensis (61309)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) L. sp. (80033 80035)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Philippines (Panay) L. gonzalesi (41651)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Lucina columbella (128326)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) L. waccamawensis (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) L. waccamawensis (61311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) L. waccamawensis (69046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Canary Islands) L. columbella (92710)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) L. waccamawensis (69045)