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Tellidora

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellidora was named by Morch (1856) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tellininae by Woodring (1982) and Rosenberg (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Tellidora Morch
1982Tellidora Woodring p. 665
2002Tellidora Sepkoski
2005Tellidora Rosenberg

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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
genusTellidoraMorch 1856

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.

G. Tellidora Morch 1856
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Tellidora burnetti Broderip and Sowerby 1829
Tellidora cristata Récluz 1842
Tellidora lunulata Adams 1856
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Ontogeny: modification of partsg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DS according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 13:37:36
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:37:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 70.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Peru T. peruana (62036)
Early/Lower Miocene - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) T. sp. (173101)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) T. cristata (145334 145337)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago T. cristata (96514) T. sp. (60399 60634 60635)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) T. lunulata (41749)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) T. sp. (79796)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Tellina cristata (134652 134664 134677)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica T. burnetti (66777)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) T. cristata (61309) T. lunulata (41501 41718 79331 79333 79336 79338 79786 79787 79788 79789)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) T. lunulata (80030)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) T. lunulata (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) T. cristata (61310 67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) T. burneti (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) T. cristata (66742)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) T. cristata (60928 66758 66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) T. cristata (41740 61311 69087 96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) T. cristata (41935 41936 92775 92776)