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Cavilucina (Mesomiltha) bellona

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Cavilucina (Mesomiltha) bellona was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Mesomiltha biscathorpensis, Mesomiltha vandepoeli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cavilucina (Mesomiltha) bellona d'Orbigny

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusCavilucinaFischer 1887
subgenusMesomilthaChavan 1938
speciesbellonad'Orbigny 1850

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: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Sinemurian to the top of the Oxfordian or 199.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile Mesomiltha bellona (32434)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Mesomiltha bellona (35452)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Mesomiltha bellona (33655 33656 33659 33660 33661 33662 33663 33664 33666 33883 33884 33886 33887 33888 33889 33890 35433 35434 35435)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Mesomiltha bellona (7426 7427 7429 7430)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Chile Mesomiltha bellona (7431)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Chile Mesomiltha bellona (34120 35447)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Chile Mesomiltha bellona (33875 33876 35446 35453)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Chile Mesomiltha bellona (35451)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Picardie) Cavilucina bellona (96146 96153 96159 96170)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Champagne-Ardenne) Cavilucina bellona (96173 96191)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Mesomiltha bellona (45759)