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Terraia

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Terraia Cox p. 8
1980Terraia Vokes p. 154
2002Terraia Sepkoski
2010Terraia Bouchet et al.
2011Terraia David et al.
2020Terraia Guerrini et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
subfamilyTerraiinaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genusTerraia

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. †Terraia Cox 1934
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Terraia aequilateralis Mendes 1952
Terraia altissima Holdhaus 1918
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Invalid names: Isocyprina reducta Cowper Reed 1929 [synonym], Solenomorpha intermedia Holdhaus 1919 [synonym]
Terraia angusta Reed 1935
Terraia bipleura Reed 1929
Terraia curvata Reed 1929
Terraia decarinata Guerrini et al. 2020
Terraia falconeri Cox 1934
Terraia martialis Reed 1929
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-09-09 13:45:55
Modified: 2024-02-05 22:32:59
Source: superf = superfamily
Reference: Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51Uruguay (Rivera) T. altissima, Pseudocorbula falconeri (206588)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Brazil (Santa Catarina) Pseudocorbula falconeri, T. angusta, T. martialis (209018)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Brazil (Paraná) T. curvata, T. bipleura (209026)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Namibia T. altissima, T. curvata (101184) T. curvata (101185)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) T. altissima, T. falconeri (209025)
Wordian - Wuchiapingian266.9 - 254.17Brazil (Mato Grosso) T. aequilateralis (209027 209028)
Wordian - Wuchiapingian266.9 - 254.17Brazil (São Paulo) T. aequilateralis (10177 10178 10179)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.17Brazil (São Paulo) T. aequilateralis (206336 206352 206353 206356) T. altissima (206326 206327 206328)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.17Brazil (Paraná) T. decarinata (209022 209023)