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Callucina balcombica

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina balcombica was named by Cossmann (1912) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Callucina balcombica by Darragh (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Lucina balcombica Cossmann p. 214
1970Callucina balcombica Darragh p. 132

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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
genusCallucina(Dall 1901)
speciesbalcombica(Cossmann 1912)

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.

Callucina balcombica Cossmann 1912
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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 13:58:29
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:06:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Callucina balcombica (63432 63433 63439)