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Tellina virginiana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina virginiana was named by Clark (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aquia Creek, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in the Aquia Formation of Virginia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Tellina virginiana Clark p. 5

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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
genusTellinaLinnaeus 1758
speciesvirginiana

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.

†Tellina virginiana Clark 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:08:38
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:59:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Ypresian or 59.24000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Maryland) Tellina virginiana (91712 91890 91891)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Tellina virginiana (type locality: 84048)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Maryland) Tellina virginiana (99273)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Tellina virginiana (91126 91859)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Maryland) Tellina virginiana (91117 91550 91552 99270)