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Cuspidaria (Tergulina)

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae

Taxonomy
Tergulina was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Cuspidaria (Tergulina) by Cox et al. (1969).

It was assigned to Cuspidaria by Cox et al. (1969); and to Pholadomyoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Cuspidaria (Tergulina) Cox et al. p. N854
2002Tergulina Sepkoski

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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
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPoromyida(Ridewood 1903)
superfamilyCuspidarioideaDall 1886
familyCuspidariidaeDall 1886
genusCuspidariaDall 1886
subgenusTergulina

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: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:43:53
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:54:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Cuspidaria texana (205466)