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Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina eburnea was named by Conrad (1848) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 53836, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Mysia eburnea by Conrad (1865); it was recombined as Diplodonta eburnea by Dall (1900); it was recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea by Dockery (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Lucina eburnea Conrad pp. 293-294
1854Diplidonta eburnea Conrad p. 287
1865Mysia eburnea Conrad p. 9
1900Diplodonta eburnea Dall p. 1182
1982Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea Dockery p. 60

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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
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyUngulinoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyUngulinidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusDiplodontaBronn 1831
subgenusDiplodontaBronn 1831
specieseburnea(Conrad 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.

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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 14:03:37
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:05:01
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Diplodonta eburnea (5791 5805 5867 5941 5943 5944 5947 6002 6005 66330)