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Sphaerium corneum

Bivalvia - Sphaeriida - Sphaeriidae

Taxonomy
Tellina cornea was named by Linnaeus (1767). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cyclas cornea by Wood (1850); it was recombined as Sphaerium corneum by Petkevičiūtė et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Tellina cornea Linnaeus p. 1120
1850Cyclas cornea Wood p. 107
2018Sphaerium corneum Petkevičiūtė et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
NeoheterodonteiTaylor et al. 2007
orderSphaeriida
superfamilySphaerioideaDeshayes 1854
familySphaeriidaeDeshayes 1855
subfamilyPisidiinae(Gray 1857)
genusSphaeriumScopoli 1777
speciescorneum(Linnaeus 1767)

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.

Sphaerium corneum Linnaeus 1767
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:30:15
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:30:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Sphaerium corneum (50274)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Sphaerium corneum (36015)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Cyclas cornea (152473)