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Fuchsella

Bivalvia - Grammysiidae

Taxonomy
Fuchsella was named by Dahmer (1942).

It was assigned to Grammysiidae by Vokes (1980).

Species
F. amygdalina
Species lacking formal opinion data
F. amygalina

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Fuchsella Dahmer
1980Fuchsella Vokes

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
superfamilyGrammysioideaMiller 1877
familyGrammysiidaeMiller 1877
genusFuchsella

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.

G. †Fuchsella Dahmer 1942
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†Fuchsella amygdalina Sowerby 1827
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:40
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:54:40
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Lochkovian or 425.00000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (Wales) F. amygdalina (74670 74671 74805)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) F. amygdalina (49658)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) F. amygalina (8300) F. amygdalina (8295 8296 8297 8298 8299 8301 8302 8303 8304 8305 8306 8307 8308 8309 8310 8311 8312 8313 8314 8315 8316 8320 8321 8322 8324 8325 23109 23110 23184 23193)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62France F. sp. (26114)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02France F. sp. (26115)