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Hiatella tenuis

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

Taxonomy
Lutraria tenuis was named by Wilckens (1911) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. Its type specimen is MO 2024a, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Hiatella tenuis by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Lutraria tenuis Wilckens pp. 19-20 figs. pl. 1, fig. 22
1992Hiatella tenuis Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 88

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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
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
SolenataDall 1889
orderHiatellida
superfamilyHiatelloidea(Gray 1824)
familyHiatellidaeGray 1824
genusHiatellaDaudin 1801
speciestenuis(Wilckens 1911)

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.

Hiatella tenuis Wilckens 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: boringg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:57:22
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:57:22
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica Hiatella tenuis (72399)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Hiatella tenuis (63552)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) Hiatella tenuis (63553)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Antarctica Hiatella tenuis (72389 72390 72391 72392 72393 72394 72397 72398)