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Conchocele townsendi

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae

Taxonomy
Lucina townsendi was named by White (1890).

It was recombined as Thyasira townsendi by Zinsmeister and Macellari (1988); it was recombined as Conchocele townsendi by Hryniewicz et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Lucina townsendi White
1988Thyasira townsendi Zinsmeister and Macellari
2017Conchocele townsendi Hryniewicz et al.

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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
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyThyasiroideaDall 1900
familyThyasiridaeDall 1901
genusConchocele
speciestownsendi(White 1890)

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.

Conchocele townsendi White 1890
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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
Diet 2: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-20 19:58:31
Modified: 2009-09-20 21:58:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Thyasira townsendi (166184)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Thyasira townsendi (3158)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Thyasira townsendi (3166)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Thyasira townsendi (1316)