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Noetia sheldoniana

Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae

Taxonomy
Arca (Noetia) sheldoniana was named by Maury (1912) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Oligocene or Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is PRI (unknown number), a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Noetia sheldoniana by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Arca (Noetia) sheldoniana Maury p. 43 figs. pl. 8, figs. 10, 11
2008Noetia sheldoniana Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyNoetiidaeStewart 1930
genusNoetiaGray 1857
speciessheldoniana()

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.

Noetia sheldoniana Maury 1912
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 08:31:55
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:33:13
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 23.04000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Trinidad and Tobago Arca sheldoniana (80167)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Noetia sheldoniana (60399 60402 60407 60634 60635)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Noetia sheldoniana (60409 60414 60415 60417 60646 60647 60650)