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Parallelodon (Gilbertwhitea) tehamaensis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Arca tehamaensis was named by Stanton (1895). Its type specimen is USNM 23044 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Parallelodon (Gilbertwhitea) tehamaensis by Reinhart (1937); it was recombined as Nemodon tehamaensis by Anderson (1938).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Arca tehamaensis Stanton p. 50 figs. PL VI, fig. 8
1937Parallelodon (Gilbertwhitea) tehamaensis Reinhart pp. 174 - 175
1938Nemodon tehamaensis Anderson p. 97

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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)
familyParallelodontidaeDall 1898
subfamilyParallelodontinaeDall 1898
genusParallelodon
subgenusGilbertwhitea(Crickmay 1930)
speciestehamaensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 11:21:49
Modified: 2009-10-10 18:20:39
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Hauterivian or 139.80000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9USA (California) Arca tehamaensis (83608)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4USA (California) Nemodon tehamaensis (225525)