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Angulus texanus

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina texana was named by Dall (1900) [DISTRIBUTION: Plesitocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Angulus texanus by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. vestalioides, A. donacillus, A. edgari, A. inflata, A. maxima, Tellina felix

Synonyms
  • Tellina sayi was named by Dall (1900) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Pliocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Tellina (Moerella) sayi by Gardner (1943); it was synonymized subjectively with Angulus texanus by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Tellina texana Dall
1900Tellina sayi Dall p. 1034
1943Tellina (Moerella) sayi Gardner p. 95
2008Angulus texanus Hendy 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
subfamilyTellininaeBlainville 1814
genusAngulusMegerle 1811
speciestexanus(Dall 1900)

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.

Angulus texanus Dall 1900
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Invalid names: Moerella sayi Dall 1900 [synonym]
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 13:34:37
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:34:37
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tellina sayi (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Tellina sayi (59484 59486)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Tellina sayi (59316) Tellina texana (60989)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Tellina texana (60944)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Tellina sayi (59313)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Angulus texanus (96538) Tellina sayi (41740)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Tellina texana (57702 57705 57706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Tellina texana (66749 66751 66752)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Angulus texanus (79705 79706 79707) Tellina texana (60923 60927 60928 60929 66758 66760)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Tellina texana (41934 41935 41936 41940 92772 92774 92775 92776)