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Pterolucina

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Pterolucina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Milthinae by Cox et al. (1969); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Pterolucina Cox et al. p. N504
2002Pterolucina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyMilthinaeChavan 1969
genusPterolucina

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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Pterolucina consobrina Deshayes 1857
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 56.00000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France P. consobrina (171521)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Russian Federation P. ilpinensis (50129)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium P. consobrina (77611)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France P. coeloprocta (78567)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria P. schencki (60288)