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Gari lintea

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

Taxonomy
Psammobia lintea was named by Conrad (1848) [DISTRIBUTION: Plesitocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Gari lintea by Conrad (1865); it was recombined as Quadrans lintea by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Tellina lintea by Dockery (1982); it was synonymized subjectively with Merisca aequistriata by Hendy et al. (2008); it was synonymized subjectively with Serratina aequistriata by Huber et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Psammobia lintea Conrad p. 291
1865Gari lintea Conrad p. 4
1962Quadrans lintea Richards
1982Tellina lintea Dockery p. 77 figs. Plate 39, figures 1-8; Text Figure 43,1-2

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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)
familyPsammobiidaeFleming 1828
genusGariSchumacher 1817
specieslintea()

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.

Gari lintea Conrad 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:32:59
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:32:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Psammobia lintea (type locality: 84137)