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Arcopagia craticula

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina craticula was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Macaliopsis craticula by Bonne et al. (1991); it was recombined as Arcopagia craticula by Tracey et al. (1995); it was recombined as Tellina (Macaliopsis) craticula by Le Renard (1986), Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. decorata, A. pseudocolpodes, A. ventricosa, A. serricostata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Tellina craticula Sowerby
1986Tellina (Macaliopsis) craticula Le Renard
1991Macaliopsis craticula Bonne and et al.
1995Tellina (Macaliopsis) craticula Le Renard and Pacaud p. 69
1995Arcopagia craticula Tracey and et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusArcopagiaLeach 1827
speciescraticula(Sowerby 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.

†Arcopagia craticula Sowerby 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:34:59
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:34:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Macaliopsis craticula (3258)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Arcopagia craticula (8124) Tellina craticula (8047)