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Tellina (Tellina)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Tellina (Tellina) Lamarck

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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
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusTellinaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusTellinaLamarck 1799

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.

Subg. †Tellina (Tellina) Lamarck 1799
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:08:38
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:59:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 247.20000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany Tellina sp. (66080)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Hessen) Tellina sp. (66083)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Tanzania Tellina sp. (35458)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Tanzania Tellina sp. (35505)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Tellina praeplanata (10703)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Tellina jeguaensis (71430 71539 71540)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Tellina sp. (41550)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Tellina sp. (74964)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Tellina sp. (69044)