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Loripes (Loripes) lacteus

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina lacteus was named by Deshayes (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Loripes (Loripes) lacteus by Freneix et al. (1988), Schneider et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Lucina lacteus Deshayes
1988Loripes (Loripes) lacteus Freneix et al. p. 416
2005Loripes (Loripes) lacteus Schneider et al. p. 114

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusLoripesPoli 1791
subgenusLoripesPoli 1791
specieslacteus(Deshayes 1850)

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.

Loripes (Loripes) lacteus Deshayes 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Loripes lacteus (70884)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Loripes lacteus (168730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Loripes lacteus (128327 128386)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Türkiye Loripes lacteus (78332 78333)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Loripes lacteus (56803 56806)