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Turtonia minuta (minute turton)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus minuta was named by Fabricius (1780). It is extant.

It was recombined as Turtonia minuta by Bennike et al. (1994), Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1780Venus minuta Fabricius pp. 412-413
1994Turtonia minuta Bennike and et al.
2008Turtonia minuta 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
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
tribeMeretriciniGray 1847
familyTurtoniina(Clark 1855)
genusTurtonia
speciesminuta(Fabricius 1780)

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.

Turtonia minuta Fabricius 1780 [minute turton]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Turtonia minuta (37936 37940)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Turtonia minuta (37632)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Turtonia minuta (75217)