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Cunearca lesueuri

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Arca (Scapharca) lesueuri was named by Dall (1848) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 30682, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Scapharca lesueuri by Cooke (1918); it was recombined as Anadara (Scapharca) lesueuri by Schenck and Reinhart (1938); it was recombined as Arca lesueuri by MacNeil (1944); it was synonymized subjectively with Anadara (Rasia) mississippiensis by Woodring (1973); it was recombined as Scapharca (Scapharca) lesueuri by Dockery (1982); it was recombined as Cunearca lesueuri by Ward (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Arca (Scapharca) lesueuri Dall p. 643
1918Scapharca lesueuri Cooke p. 197
1938Anadara (Scapharca) lesueuri Schenck and Reinhart pp. 7, 20
1944Arca lesueuri MacNeil p. 1335
1982Scapharca (Scapharca) lesueuri Dockery p. 34
1992Cunearca lesueuri Ward p. 53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyAnadarinaeReinhart 1935
genusCunearcaGray 1847
specieslesueuri(Dall 1848)

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.

†Cunearca lesueuri Dall 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: intermediatef
Folds: minorf
Ribbing: majorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanic, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-09-09 13:17:02
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:17:02
Source: g = genus, f = family
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Scapharca lesueuri (5999 6002 6003 6004 6005 6006 6008 7110 7111 7112 66307 66308 66309 66310 66311 66312 66313 66314 66315 66316 66317 66318 66319 66320 66321 66322 66323 66324 66325 66326 66327 66328 66329 66330 66331 66332 66333 66334 66335 66336)