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Terraia falconeri

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Pseudocorbula falconeri was named by Cox (1934). It is not extant. Its type locality is Cerro del Hospital, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian lacustrine sandstone in the Estrada Nova Formation of Uruguay.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cowperesia emerita by Mendes (1952); it was recombined as Terraia falconeri by Simões et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Pseudocorbula falconeri Cox
1935Pseudocorbula falconeri Reed p. 35 figs. Pl 1, fig 5
2017Terraia falconeri Simões et al. p. 214 figs. 6A-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
subfamilyTerraiinaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genusTerraia
speciesfalconeri()

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.

Terraia falconeri Cox 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-09-09 13:45:55
Modified: 2024-02-05 22:32:59
Source: superf = superfamily
Reference: Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51Uruguay (Rivera) Pseudocorbula falconeri (type locality: 206588)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Brazil (Santa Catarina) Pseudocorbula falconeri (209018)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Terraia falconeri (209025)