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Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Taxonomy
Arca diceras was named by Seguenza (1882). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Trigonarca diceras by Newton (1917), Dartevelle and Freneix (1957); it was recombined as Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras by El-Mahallawy (1996), El Qot (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Arca gabrielis, C. acuticarinata, C. aequata, C. amaxensis, C. andersoni, C. antroea, C. antrosa, C. arctica, C. ardassiensis, C. argentina, C. australis, C. beringensis, C. blanpiedi, C. cancellata, C. capex, C. ceres, C. clathrata, C. compressirostra, C. concamera, C. contracta, C. cornueliana, C. cornuetiana, C. crassatesta, C. deatvillensis, C. decussata, C. depressa, C. dewalquei, C. donaldi, C. egertonianus, C. farrei, C. favrei, C. fibrosa, C. fittoni, C. gabrielis, C. grahamensis, C. gresslyi, C. herculea, C. inaequivalvis, C. irritans, C. jaworskii, C. kaufmanensis, C. kingsensis, C. kipandeensis, C. kraussi, C. leopoliensis, C. macrodonta, C. mailleana, C. martini, C. matheroniana, C. mendozana, C. minchiahamplonensis, C. montensis, C. munsteri, C. murrayi, C. nana, C. neglecta, C. obliquata, C. oblonga, C. orientalis, C. ornata, C. pectunculina, C. powersi, C. praelonga, C. raea, C. recedens, C. reesideana, C. reticulata, C. rocana, C. roederi, C. rothi, C. royana, C. royei, C. saffordi, C. sheikhfadli, C. similis, C. singularia, C. texana, C. texta, C. thevestenis, C. transversa, C. volgensis, C. wadei, C. waihaoensis, C. woodsi, C. jaworskii, C. coxi, C. leopoliensis, C. royeri, C. fuegunensis, C. aalensis, C. acuticarinata, C. amaxensis, C. deatvillensis, C. delicatostriata, C. ezoensis, C. ezoensis, C. fujii, C. gratiota, C. mabuchii, C. matheroniana, C. oblonga, C. powersi, C. rothi, C. texta, C. wagadensis, C. hamptoni, C. waihaoensis, C. plana, C. austriaca, C. crassitesta, C. szaboi, Idonearca aequilateralis, Idonearca contracta, Idonearca depressa, Idonearca glabra, Idonearca haguei, Idonearca mailleana, Idonearca matheroni, Idonearca minchinhamptonensis, Idonearca rockymontana, Idonearca truncata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Arca diceras Seguenza
1917Trigonarca diceras Newton p. 570
1957Trigonarca diceras Dartevelle and Freneix p. 25
1996Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras El-Mahallawy
2006Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras El Qot p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCucullaeidaeStewart 1930
genusCucullaeaLamarck 1801
subgenusIdonearca(Conrad 1862)
speciesdiceras(Seguenza 1882)

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: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2004-02-29 15:53:52
Modified: 2004-02-29 17:53:52
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Middle Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Trigonarca diceras (210726)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Egypt Arca diceras (150876)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Afghanistan (Takhar) Trigonarca diceras (78086)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Cucullaea diceras (114798)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Libya Trigonarca diceras (208626 208628)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Arca diceras (140237)