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Tehamatea ovalis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina ovalis was named by Stanton (1895). Its type specimen is USNM 23056 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tehamatea ovalis by Kiel (2013) and Kaim et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Lucina ovalis Stanton pp. 59 - 60 figs. PI. XII, fig. 1
2013Tehamatea ovalis Kiel p. 349
2014Tehamatea ovalis Kaim et al. p. 431 figs. Fig. 17

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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)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusTehamatea
speciesovalis()

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.

Tehamatea ovalis Stanton 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 152.10000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (California) Lucina ovalis (151974)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45USA (California) Tehamatea ovalis (177720)