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Siliqua kingi

Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae

Taxonomy
Siliqua kingi was named by Jeffery and Tracey (1997). Its type specimen is BMNH LL 41610, a valve (right valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barnea bed, Bursledon Brickworks, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Siliqua kingi Jeffery and Tracey p. 88 figs. Pl 5, figs 9-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
SolenataDall 1889
orderSolenidaDall 1889
superfamilySolenoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyPharidaeAdams and A 1858
genusSiliquaMühlfeld 1811
specieskingi

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.

Siliqua kingi Jeffery and Tracey 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:22:21
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:22:21
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Siliqua kingi (3266 type locality: 3267)