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Cleidophorus delawarensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Cleidophorus delawarensis Girty p. 447 figs. Pl 23, figs 5,5a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyMalletioideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyCucullellidaeFischer 1886
subfamilyCucullellinaeFischer 1886
genusCleidophorus
speciesdelawarensis

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
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 12:33:00
Modified: 2009-06-05 14:33:10
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available