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Tolmaia lineata

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Taxonomy
Pterinea lineata was named by Goldfuss (1863).

It was recombined as Pterinea (Tolmaia) lineata by Williams and Breger (1916); it was recombined as Tolmaia lineata by Williams (1908), Johnston (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Pterinea lineata Goldfuss
1908Tolmaia lineata Williams pp. 85 - 86
1916Pterinea (Tolmaia) lineata Williams and Breger
1993Tolmaia lineata Johnston

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
familyPterineidae
genusTolmaia(Williams 1908)
specieslineata(Goldfuss 1863)

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.

Tolmaia lineata Goldfuss 1863
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 18:35:53
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:10:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 425.00000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Pterinea lineata (8312)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Vietnam Pterinea lineata (83248 83291)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Luxembourg Tolmaia lineata (232220 232281)