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Tetrarca leptogrammica

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Taxonomy
Arca (Arca) leptogrammica was named by Hall (1964). Its type specimen is UCLA 34997, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4180, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Santa Margarita Formation of California.

It was recombined as Tetrarca leptogrammica by Vermeij and Amano (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Arca (Arca) leptogrammica Hall, Jr. pp. 87 - 88 figs. Pl. 22, figs. 9, 10
1983Arca (Arca) leptogrammica Moore pp. A32 - A33 figs. Plate 6, figure 4
2021Tetrarca leptogrammica Vermeij and Amano p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCucullaeidaeStewart 1930
genusTetrarcaNordsieck 1969
speciesleptogrammica()

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.

Tetrarca leptogrammica Hall, Jr. 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-02-17 23:12:32
Modified: 2010-02-18 01:12:32
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Arca leptogrammica (type locality: 206284)