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Sardina pilchardus

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae

Taxonomy
Clupea pilchardus was named by Walbaum (1792). It is extant.

It was recombined as Sardina pilchardus by Girone et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Clupea pilchardus Walbaum
2006Sardina pilchardus Girone et al. p. 655

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
superorderClupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
suborderClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
genusSardinaAntipa 1905
speciespilchardus(Walbaum 1792)

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.

Sardina pilchardus Walbaum 1792
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:03:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:03:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Calabrian or 7.24600 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Sardina pilchardus (186581 210628)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Sardina pilchardus (186575 210238)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Sardina pilchardus (210256)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece (Crete) Sardina pilchardus (207303)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece (Rhodes) Sardina pilchardus (207579)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Sardina pilchardus (159288)