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Elongaria (Elongaria) orientalis

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Taxonomy
Unio orientalis was named by Lea (1840). It is extant.

It was recombined as Elongaria (Elongaria) orientalis by Oostingh (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Unio orientalis Lea p. 285
1935Elongaria (Elongaria) orientalis Oostingh p. 162

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—UniomorphiGray 1854
—UnioniGray 1854
—UnionataGray 1854
orderUnionida(Stoliczka 1871)
suborderUnionidinaGray 1854
superfamilyUnionoidea(Fleming 1828)
familyUnionidaeRafinesque 1820
genusElongariaHaas 1913
subgenusElongariaHaas 1913
speciesorientalis(Lea 1840)

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: aragonitec
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:29:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:29:05
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Elongaria orientalis (84531 84534 84536 84539)