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Praeundulomya subelongata

Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae

Taxonomy
Praeundulomya subelongata was named by Dickins (1963) [University of Western Australia (Reg. No. 23386)]. Its type specimen is UWA 45281, a valve (Right valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is BMR PB8, Fossil Cliff, Irwin River Area, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in the Fossil Cliff Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Praeundulomya subelongata Dickins p. 54 figs. Pl 6, figs 15-20; text-fig 8
2003Praeundulomya subelongata Ghosh p. 315 fig. 5
2014Praeundulomya subelongata Neves et al. p. 223 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-3

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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
subfamilySanguinolitinaeMiller 1877
genusPraeundulomya
speciessubelongata

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.

Praeundulomya subelongata Dickins 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height346.842.053.046.05.57
valve height139.0----

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5India Praeundulomya subelongata (108742)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Praeundulomya subelongata (83188 85843 type locality: 85846 95198 101207)