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Tampaella meropsis (oval tellin)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina (Moerella) meropsis was named by Dall (1900). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tellina meropsis by Stephens (1929); it was recombined as Moerella meropsis by Olsson (1964); it was recombined as Tellina (Angulus) meropsis by Coan et al. (2000), Moore (2003); it was recombined as Tampaella meropsis by Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Tellina (Moerella) meropsis Dall p. 303
1900Tellina (Moerella) paziana Dall p. 318 figs. pl. 3, fig. 8
1929Tellina meropsis Stephens p. 250
1964Moerella meropsis Olsson p. 68
2000Tellina (Angulus) meropsis Coan et al. p. 402
2003Tellina (Angulus) meropsis Moore figs. plate 1, figure 3
2021Tampaella meropsis Hendy

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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
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
subfamilyTellininaeBlainville 1814
genusTampaellaHuber et al. 2015
speciesmeropsis(Dall 1900)

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.

Tampaella meropsis Dall 1900 [oval tellin]
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Invalid names: Tellina (Moerella) paziana Dall 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:44:14
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:16:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Moerella meropsis (60771)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Tellina meropsis (240570)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Tellina meropsis (22632 28157 96589 96895 96935 96937 160361 219029 219030 240554 240555 240593 240636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Tellina meropsis (44963)