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Bruetia traski

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Taxonomy
Diplodonta traski was named by Nelson (1925). Its type specimen is UC 30579, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3768, Simi Hills, which is in a Selandian marine horizon in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

It was recombined as Bruetia traski by Moore (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Diplodonta traski Nelson p. 411 figs. pl. 52, fig. 4
1988Bruetia traski Moore p. D26 figs. Plate 8, figure 5

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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
superfamilyUngulinoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyUngulinidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusBruetia
speciestraski()

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.

†Bruetia traski Nelson 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:03:43
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:03:43
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.60000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Diplodonta traski (218671)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Diplodonta traski (204137)