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Tonganaella

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tonganaella was named by Huber et al. (2015).

It was assigned to Tellininae by Salvat et al. (2018).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Tonganaella Huber et al.
2018Tonganaella Salvat et al.

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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
subfamilyTellininaeBlainville 1814
genusTonganaellaHuber et al. 2015

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.

G. †Tonganaella Huber et al. 2015
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Tonganaella perna Spengler 1798
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:44:14
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:16:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Tellina perna (77527 77528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Tellina perna (63317 63351 63355)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia T. perna (194003)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Tellina perna (63358 63359)