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Wilkingia terminale

Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae

Taxonomy
Allerisma terminalis was named by Hall (1852) [Hall in Stansbury 1852]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Allerisma terminale by Morningstar (1922); it was recombined as Allorisma terminale by Chronic (1952) and Burk (1954); it was recombined as Wilkingia terminale by Hoare (1961), Kues (1991) and Kues (1995); it was recombined as Wilkingia terminalis by Anelli et al. (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. dubium

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Allerisma terminalis Hall p. 413 figs. pl. 2 f. 4a-b
1858Allorisma subcuneata Meek and Hayden p. 263
1911Allorisma subcuneatum Raymond
1922Allerisma terminale Morningstar p. 234 figs. pl. 13 f. 15
1952Allorisma terminale Chronic p. 146 figs. Pl 9, figs 4a-c
1954Allorisma terminale Burk p. 14 figs. pl. 1 f. 38-40
1961Wilkingia terminale Hoare pp. 122-123 figs. pl. 15 f. 18; pl. 16 f. 3
1991Wilkingia terminale Kues p. 239 fig. 3.2
1995Wilkingia terminale Kues p. 78 figs. 8.13-8.15
2009Wilkingia terminalis Anelli et al. pp. 104 - 105 fig. 9

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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
superfamilyGrammysioideaMiller 1877
familySanguinolitidaeMiller 1877
subfamilyUndulomyinaeAstafieva-Urbajtis 1973
genusWilkingiaWilson 1959
speciesterminale()

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.

†Wilkingia terminale Hall 1852
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Invalid names: Allorisma subcuneata Meek and Hayden 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height510.13.1044.15.5018.4

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-12 12:36:33
Modified: 2009-10-12 14:36:33
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Clapham 2015, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Roadian or 312.80000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9Belize Allorisma terminale (209333)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) Wilkingia terminale (195795)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arizona) Wilkingia terminale (90772)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Wilkingia terminale (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Wilkingia terminale (70134 70255 70272 70298 70300 70309 70381)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Allorisma subcuneatum (184105 184106)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Wilkingia terminale (160176)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Allorisma terminale (11951)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Wilkingia terminale (786 787 789 791 792 800 819 832 850 852 854 860 879 902)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) Allorisma terminale (71993)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Wilkingia terminale (156715)
Virgilian - Wolfcampian303.7 - 286.0USA (Texas) Wilkingia terminale (1085 1099 1105)
Noginskian301.2 - 300.1USA (Kansas) Allorisma terminale (11494 11584 11600 11647 11674 11715 11731 11733 11738 11880 11921 11949 12055 12056)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Allorisma terminale (12188 12322 12422 12440 12441 12442) Wilkingia terminale (788 859)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) Wilkingia terminale (39150 39151 39152 39153 39154 39155)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Arizona) Allorisma terminale (39998 39999)