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Pachecoa (Pachecoa)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Pachecoa (Pachecoa) is a subgenus.

It was assigned to Pachecoa by Moore (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Pachecoa (Pachecoa) Moore p. A48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyNoetiinaeStewart 1930
tribeTrinacriini(MacNeil 1937)
genusPachecoaHarris 1919
subgenusPachecoa

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: intermediatef
Folds: minorf
Ribbing: majorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanic, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2008-11-18 16:46:55
Modified: 2010-02-18 01:07:43
Source: f = family
Reference: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) Pachecoa microcancellata (90609 92375)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Pachecoa microcancellata (91844) Pachecoa pulchra (98709 98746)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Pachecoa catonis (90602)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71USA (Texas) Pachecoa pulchra (91106)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 37.71USA (Texas) Pachecoa pulchra (98838 99029)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Pachecoa adamsi (90888) Pachecoa concentrica (205520 205521 205533) Pachecoa pulchra (92226 98839) Pachecoa smithvillensis (90455 205442 205496 205503 205527 205532 205544)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Pachecoa pulchra (205420 205490)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Pachecoa pulchra (90470)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Pachecoa decisa (90886 91839 98729 99035 205480 205481 205483 205531) Pachecoa pulchra (7438 90656 91797 91838 91895 92208 98868 99027 205410 205414 205415 205422 205430 205485)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Pachecoa ledoides, Trinacria decisa (92355) Pachecoa ledoides, Trinacria decisa, Pachecoa decisa (92308) Pachecoa pulchra (92378) Trigonarca decisa (92487)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Pachecoa decisa (90469 98355) Pachecoa ledoides, Pachecoa pectuncularis, Pachecoa decisa (90600)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Pachecoa decisa (92272 92356) Pachecoa pulchra (98769)