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Tellinimera

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellinimera was named by Conrad (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-l T Dani Sepkoski's reference number: 1061]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tellininae by Vokes (1980); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
T. kauffmani, T. scitula (syn. T. formosa)
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. gabbi, T. stephensoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Tellinimera Conrad
1980Tellinimera Vokes p. 144
2002Tellinimera Sepkoski

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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
genusTellinimeraConrad 1860

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. †Tellinimera Conrad 1860
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†Tellinimera kauffmani Marincovich, Jr. 1993
†Tellinimera scitula Meek and Hayden 1856
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Invalid names: Tellinimera formosa Meek and Hayden 1861 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:44:14
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:16:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 83.60000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (105 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) T. gabbi, T. sp., T. stephensoni (7610) T. sp. (7611 7617 7619 7622 7624) T. sp., T. stephensoni (7620 7627) T. stephensoni (7612)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Linearia formosa (82670 82672) Tellina scitula (82650 82669)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) T. eborea (88357)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) T. buboana (4251 4260 4286) T. buboana, T. gabbi (4262 4263 4273 4275) T. gabbi (4242 4271 4272 4274 4276 4321)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) T. buboana (4280) T. buboana, T. gabbi (4268 4277) T. gabbi (4265 4266 4269 4279 4291 4298 4300 4301 4312 4313 4318 4320)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) T. buboana (4101) T. gabbi (4113)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) T. buboana (4426 4427 4444 4446 4454 4460 4466) T. buboana, T. gabbi (4441 4467) T. gabbi (4418 4488 4491 4500 4507)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) T. buboana (4383 4385)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) T. buboana (4364 4373) T. buboana, T. gabbi (4366 4368 4369 4370 4371) T. gabbi (4367 4372)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) T. buboana (4355) T. buboana, T. gabbi (4344)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) T. scitula (88510 88511)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) T. buboana, T. sp. (4164)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) T. gabbi (4179)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) T. sp., T. stephensoni (7616)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India T. scitulina (1351)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) T. buboana, T. gabbi (1312)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) T. buboana, T. gabbi (1309)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) T. buboana, T. gabbi (1308)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) T. scitula (1339)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) T. buboana (1303) T. gabbi (1305 1391)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) T. buboana (1295)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) T. buboana (4380) T. eborea, T. gabbi, T. buboana (1313)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) T. buboana (4636) T. buboana, T. gabbi (1297 1298 1300 1301 4527) T. buboana, T. munda (1393) T. gabbi (4530 4594 4596) T. gabbi, T. munda (1299 1392) T. munda (1296)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) T. sp. (1311)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) T. scitula (1320)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) T. gabbi, T. buboana (1310)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alaska) T. kauffmani (64414)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Tellina scitula (58875)