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Catella caterinae

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Macrodon caterinae was named by Parona (1894). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Parallelodon caterinae by Conti and Fisher (1983); it was recombined as Catella caterinae by Monari (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Macrodon caterinae Parona
1983Parallelodon caterinae Conti and Fisher
1994Catella caterinae Monari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyParallelodontidaeDall 1898
subfamilyGrammatodontinaeBranson 1942
tribeCatelliniScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genusCatellaHealey 1908
speciescaterinae(Parona 1894)

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.

Catella caterinae Parona 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-10 16:21:52
Modified: 2009-10-10 18:21:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Aalenian to the top of the Bajocian or 174.70000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Italy (Central Italy ) Parallelodon caterinae (123679)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Italy (Perugia) Catella caterinae (202123)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Italy (Central Italy ) Parallelodon caterinae (123681 123682)