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Protarca

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Protarca was named by Stephenson (1923) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 914].

It was assigned to Arcullaeinae by Vokes (1980); and to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Protarca Stephenson
1980Protarca Vokes p. 21
2002Protarca Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyGlycymerididaeNewton 1922
subfamilyArcullaeinaeNewell 1969
genusProtarcaStephenson 1923

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.

G. †Protarca Stephenson 1923
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Protarca obliqua Stephenson 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: thickf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: majorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-18 16:50:20
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:29:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Santonian or 100.50000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) P. tramitensis (4640 4641 4642 4645 4646 4657 4658 4659 6480 6483 6484 6486 6487 6488 6493 6494 6497 6498 6499 6522 6525 6526 6527 6530 6533 6534 6535 6539 6548 6555 6562 6563 6571 6576 6578 6583 6618 6624 6630 6632 6648)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) P. tramitensis (6633 6634)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) P. obliqua (5161)