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Megangulus pulchrus

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina pulchra was named by Slodkewitsch (1938) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; North Pacific.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Tellina (Peronidia) pulchra by Devjatilova and Volobueva (1981); it was recombined as Megangulus pulchrus by Kafanov et al. (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. luteus, M. matumotoi, M. maximus, M. tmatumotoi, M. zyonoensis, M. tokunagai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Tellina pulchra Slodkewitsch
1981Tellina (Peronidia) pulchra Devjatilova and Volobueva p. 83
2001Megangulus pulchrus Kafanov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusMegangulusLinnaeus 1758
speciespulchrus(Slodkewitsch 1938)

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.

†Megangulus pulchrus Slodkewitsch 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:08:38
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:59:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.45000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation Megangulus pulchrus (50041 50050)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Russian Federation Megangulus pulchrus (50179)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Megangulus pulchrus (50038)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Peronidia pulchra (45445 45446 45447)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation Megangulus pulchrus (49978)