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Trigonarca ligeriensis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Arca ligeriensis was named by d'Orbigny (1844).

It was recombined as Trigonarca ligeriensis by Newton (1917).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Arca ligeriensis d'Orbigny
1917Trigonarca ligeriensis Newton p. 570 figs. Pl 1, figs 12,13

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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)
familyGlycymerididaeNewton 1922
subfamilyArcullaeinaeNewell 1969
genusTrigonarcaConrad 1862
speciesligeriensis(d'Orbigny 1844)

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.

Trigonarca ligeriensis d'Orbigny 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: thickf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: majorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-18 16:50:20
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:29:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Middle Turonian or 106.30000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Trigonarca ligeriensis (210730 210731)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mozambique Trigonarca ligeriensis (174799)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Trigonarca ligeriensis (3808)