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Eocallista krenkeli

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

Taxonomy
Eocallista krenkeli was named by Cox (1935). Its type locality is Daghani, bed 226, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Eocallista krenkeli Cox

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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
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
superfamilyCorbiculoideaGray 1847
familyCorbiculidaeGray 1847
genusEocallistaDouvillé 1921
specieskrenkeli

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.

†Eocallista krenkeli Cox 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-05 10:15:18
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:45:39
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Middle Callovian to the top of the Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia Eocallista krenkeli (13787)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Eocallista krenkeli (31075)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Eocallista krenkeli (2567 2589 2601 2603 2605 2609 2610)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Somalia Eocallista krenkeli (92996 type locality: 92997)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Eocallista krenkeli (13585 13586 13590 13613 13660 13677)
Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Eocallista krenkeli (13688)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Eocallista krenkeli (13783 13785 13786 13790 13796 13809 13811 13856 13858 13869 13871 13901)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Somalia Eocallista krenkeli (93020)
Late/Upper Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Eocallista krenkeli (13507 13515 13518)