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Claibornites (Codalucina) muirensis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Phacoides muirensis was named by Dickerson (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 243, south of Muir Station, which is in a Selandian coastal siliciclastic in the Vine Hill Formation of California.

It was recombined as Claibornites (Codalucina) muirensis by Moore (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Phacoides muirensis Dickerson p. 123 figs. pl. 10, figs. 11a, 11b
1988Claibornites (Codalucina) muirensis Moore p. D20 figs. Plate 6, figures 6, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyMilthinaeChavan 1969
genusClaibornites
subgenusCodalucina
speciesmuirensis()

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: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 61.60000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Phacoides muirensis (type locality: 81800)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Codalucina muirensis (52614)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Phacoides muirensis (203578)