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Ensitellops

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae

Taxonomy
Ensitellops is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Sportellidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Ensitellops Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
2002Ensitellops Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderLeptonidinaDall 1889
superfamilyCyamioidea(Philippi 1845)
familySportellidaeDall 1899
genusEnsitellops

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: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-06 16:18:00
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:26:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) E. elongata (58895)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) E. elongata (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) E. elongata (79331) E. sp. a (41501) E. tabula (79336)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) E. elongata (58897) E. protexta (60986 60987 60988 60989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) E. protextus (96538)