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Elliptotellina tellinella

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Donax tellinella was named by Lamarck (1806) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Elliptotellina tellinella by Tracey et al. (1995); it was recombined as Tellina (Elliptotellina) tellinella by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904), Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Donax tellinella Lamarck p. 138 figs. pl. 31, fig. 1
1904Tellina (Elliptotellina) tellinella Cossmann and Pissarro
1995Tellina (Elliptotellina) tellinella Le Renard and Pacaud p. 69
1995Elliptotellina tellinella Tracey and 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
genusElliptotellinaLinnaeus 1758
speciestellinella(Lamarck 1806)

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.

†Elliptotellina tellinella Lamarck 1806
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:35:07
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:35:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Yvelines) Tellina tellinella (177970 177971 177972 177974 177975)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Elliptotellina tellinella (8124 8125)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Tellina tellinella (3494)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Tellina tellinella (78567)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Tellina tellinella (42636)