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Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus (California jackknife clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae

Taxonomy
Solecurtus (Cultellus) californianus was named by Conrad (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Solecurtus californianus by Ashley (1895); it was recombined as Tagelus californianus by Emerson and Chace (1959), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012); it was recombined as Tagelus californicus by Libbey and Johnson (1997); it was recombined as Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus by Coan et al. (2000), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. carolinus, T. gibbus, T. gratus, T. plebius, T. violaceus, T. whitei, T. mansfieldi, T. orthrius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Solecurtus (Cultellus) californianus Conrad p. 233
1895Solecurtus californianus Ashley p. 344
1959Tagelus californianus Emerson and Chace
1997Tagelus californicus Libbey and Johnson
2000Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus Coan et al. p. 441
2012Tagelus californianus Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 731
2021Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus 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)
familySolecurtidaed'Orbigny 1846
genusTagelusGray 1847
subgenusTagelusGray 1847
speciescalifornianus(Conrad 1837)

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.

Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus Conrad 1837 [California jackknife clam]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:24:22
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:24:22
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

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

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Tagelus californianus (96543)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Tagelus californianus (168757)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Tagelus californianus (240566 240570 240575)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Solecurtus californianus (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Solecurtus californianus (222674) Tagelus californianus (22632 28157 59063 96589 96895 96939 222659 222660 222661 222662) Tagelus californicus (160361 219029 219030 226458 240612 240613 240614 240617 240619 240620 240621)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Tagelus californicus (147802 147803)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Tagelus californianus (96556 96557)