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Transennella joaquinensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Transennella joaquinensis was named by Anderson and Martin (1914). Its type specimen is CAS 120 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 65, northeast of Barker's Ranch, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Temblor Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Transennella joaquinensis Anderson and Martin p. 60 figs. Plate 3, figures 6a, 6b and 6c
1932Transennella joaquinensis Loel and Corey p. 219
1943Transennella joaquinensis Keen p. 41

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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
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
genusTransennella(Dall 1884)
speciesjoaquinensis

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.

Transennella joaquinensis Anderson and Martin 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubg
Life habit: infaunalsubg
Diet: suspension feedersubg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:40:23
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:40:23
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Langhian or 23.03000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Transennella joaquinensis (91374 type locality: 237346 238145 238183)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Transennella joaquinensis (206393)