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Tagelus plebeius

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae

Taxonomy
Solen plebeius was named by Lightfoot (1786) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Tagelus plebeius by Abbott (1974), Ward (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. whitei

Synonyms
  • Solen gibbus was named by Spengler (1794) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Tagelus gibbus by Ihering (1907); it was recombined as Tagelus (Tagelus) gibbus by Woodring (1982); it was synonymized subjectively with Tagelus plebeius by Hendy et al. (2008).
  • Solen caribaeus was named by Lamarck (1818). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Solecurtus caribaeus by Cooke (1936); it was synonymized subjectively with Tagelus plebeius by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Solen plebeius Lightfoot
1794Solen gibbus Spengler
1818Solen caribaeus Lamarck
1907Tagelus gibbus Ihering p. 387
1936Solecurtus caribaeus Cooke p. 125
1974Tagelus plebeius Abbott
1982Tagelus (Tagelus) gibbus Woodring p. 674
1998Tagelus plebeius Ward p. 83

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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)
familySolecurtidaed'Orbigny 1846
genusTagelusGray 1847
speciesplebeius(Lightfoot 1786)

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.

Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot 1786
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Invalid names: Solecurtus caribaeus Lamarck 1818 [synonym], Tagelus gibbus Spengler 1794 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:24:22
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:24:22
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru (Tumbes) Tagelus gibbus (59002)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Delaware) Tagelus plebeius (18579)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Tagelus plebeius (60653)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Tagelus plebeius (79708)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Mexico (Veracruz) Solecurtus gibbus (59292)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Solecurtus caribaeus (92407)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Tagelus gibbus (59316 59318) Tagelus plebeius (69043)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Delaware) Tagelus gibbus (66701 66702 66703)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Tagelus gibbus (59313)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Tagelus gibbus (75425)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Tagelus gibbus (66603 66604 66611 66612 66616 66618 66621 66622 66623)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New York) Tagelus gibbus (66377)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Cuba Tagelus gibbus (66772)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Tagelus plebeius (57703 57704)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Tagelus gibbus (66755 66756 66757 66760) Tagelus plebeius (69046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Tagelus plebeius (75490 75491 75517)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Tagelus plebeius (195917 195928 195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Tagelus gibbus (66742 66744)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Tagelus gibbus (66706 66720 66721)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tagelus plebeius (54132)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Tagelus plebeius (41935 92776)