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Legumen ellipticum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Legumen ellipticum Conrad
1983Legumen ellipticum Sohl and Koch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
tribeTapetini(Gray 1851)
genusLegumenConrad 1858
speciesellipticumConrad 1858

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.

†Legumen ellipticum Conrad 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Legumen ellipticum (10180)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Legumen ellipticum (6136)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) Legumen ellipticum (6660)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Legumen ellipticum (7472 7481 7482 7499 7500 7502 7503 7504 7507 7511 7512 7552 7579)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Legumen ellipticum (3612)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Legumen ellipticum (4265 4268 4269 4277 4300)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Legumen ellipticum (4242 4248 4252 4253 4321)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Legumen ellipticum (4102)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Legumen ellipticum (4364 4366 4367 4368 4369 4370 4371 4372 4373 4374)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) Legumen ellipticum (4382 4383 4384 4386)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Legumen ellipticum (4122 4123 4124 4125 4126 4127 4128 4136 4137 4142 4147 4148 4160 4161 4164)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Legumen ellipticum (4179 4186 4197 4200 4201 4202 4215 4216 4225 4231 4237 83225 83238) Legumen planulatum (4189 4205)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Legumen ellipticum (4395 4399 4401 4404 4411 4412 4413 4414 4454 4496 5561)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) Legumen ellipticum (1295)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Legumen ellipticum (1309)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Legumen ellipticum (1306 1307 1308 1352)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Legumen ellipticum (1313 4380)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Legumen ellipticum (1312)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Nigeria Legumen ellipticum (1329)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Legumen ellipticum (1296 1297 1298 1392 1393 1395 7480 7483 7493 7494 7550 7582 205446)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Legumen ellipticum (1303 1304 1305 1391)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Cameroon Legumen ellipticum (1367)