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Agelasina plenodonta

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae

Taxonomy
Agelasina plenodonta was named by Riedel (1933). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Bombe, Mungo River, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon. It is the type species of Agelasina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Agelasina plenodonta Riedel p. 58 figs. Pl 4, fig 1; pl 12, figs 1,3,4,5; text-fig 11
1955Agelasina plenodonta Reyment p. 142 figs. Pl 4, figs 1a,b

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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
superfamilyArcticoidea(Newton 1891)
familyArcticidaeNewton 1891
genusAgelasina
speciesplenodonta

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.

†Agelasina plenodonta Riedel 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:26:58
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:26:58
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 89.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Cameroon Agelasina plenodonta (type locality: 177976 209691)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Congo-Brazzaville Agelasina plenodonta (1368)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Gabon Agelasina plenodonta (175358)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Congo-Brazzaville Agelasina plenodonta (191892)
Middle Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Congo-Brazzaville Agelasina plenodonta (191893)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Cameroon Agelasina plenodonta (209645)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Nigeria Agelasina plenodonta (1329 82734)