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Sanguinolites ventricosus

Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae

Taxonomy
Orthonota ventricosa was named by White and Whitfield (1862).

It was recombined as Sanguinolites ventricosus by Miller (1877), Hall (1883) and Walcott (1884).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. clavatus, S. costata, S. herricki, S. phlyctaenatus, S. striatolamellosus, S. tricostatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Orthonota ventricosa White and Whitfield p. 297
1877Sanguinolites ventricosus Miller p. 203
1883Sanguinolites ventricosus Hall p. 16 figs. pi. Ixvf, figs. 36-42
1884Sanguinolites ventricosus Walcott p. 177 figs. Plate xv, fig. 13

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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
superfamilyGrammysioideaMiller 1877
familySanguinolitidaeMiller 1877
subfamilySanguinolitinaeMiller 1877
genusSanguinolites
speciesventricosus(White and Whitfield 1862)

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.

†Sanguinolites ventricosus White and Whitfield 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-12 12:35:55
Modified: 2009-10-12 14:35:55
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Clapham 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available