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Lentidium (Ajanssenium) nitidum

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula nitida was named by Sowerby (1822). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lentidium nitidum by Curry (1959); it was recombined as Lentidium (Ajanssenium) nitidum by Marquet et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. kyushuense

Synonyms
  • Corbula nystii was named by Deshayes (1857). It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was recombined as Corbulomya nystii by Cossmann (1891); it was recombined as Aloides (Lentidium) nysti by Glibert and de Heinzelin (1954); it was synonymized subjectively with Lentidium (Ajanssenium) nitidum by Marquet et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Corbula nitida Sowerby p. 85 figs. pl. 362, figs. 1-3
1857Corbula nystii Deshayes p. 205 figs. pl. 11, figs. 12-15
1891Corbulomya nystii Cossmann p. 14
1954Aloides (Lentidium) nysti Glibert and de Heinzelin p. 342
1959Lentidium nitidum Curry p. 274
2008Lentidium (Ajanssenium) nitidum Marquet et al. p. 30

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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
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyMyoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCorbulidaeLamarck 1818
subfamilyLentidiinaeVokes 1945
genusLentidiumCristofori 1832
subgenusAjansseniumKadolsky 1989
speciesnitidum(Sowerby 1822)

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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Invalid names: Aloides (Lentidium) nysti Deshayes 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:13:13
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:13:13
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.20000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Lentidium nitidum (42649)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) Lentidium nitidum (9067 9072 9073 9075 9076 9077 9078 9079 9098 9114 9127 9130 9131 9132 9133 9134 9135 9169 9171 9172 9173 9174 9175 9177 9179 9180 9181 9182 9183 9193 9266 9267 9268 9269)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium Lentidium nitidum (111366 111367 111368 111371 111373)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Essonne) Lentidium nitidum (9129 9270)