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Myrtea (Myrtea) taffana

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Phacoides (Myrtea) taffana was named by Dickerson (1916). It is extant. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 672, Parsons Peak, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Domengine Formation of California.

It was recombined as Phacoides taffana by Hanna (1927); it was recombined as Lucina (Here) taffana by Clark (1938); it was recombined as Myrtea (Myrtea) taffana by Moore (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Phacoides (Myrtea) taffana Dickerson p. 485 figs. Plate 36, figure 11
1927Phacoides taffana Hanna p. 284 figs. Plate 41, figures 1, 9, 11, and 13
1938Lucina (Here) taffana Clark p. 697 figs. Plate 2, figures 2, 8
1988Myrtea (Myrtea) taffana Moore p. D16 figs. Plate 4, figures 13, 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusMyrteaTurton 1822
subgenusMyrteaTurton 1822
speciestaffana()

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.

Myrtea (Myrtea) taffana Dickerson 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: photosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:00:52
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:02:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Phacoides taffana (122656)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Lucina taffana (202094)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Lucina taffana (191188)