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Alveinus minutus

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliellidae

Taxonomy
Alveinus minutus was named by Conrad (1865) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle-Late Eocene; COMMENTS: m. kosnik taxon no: 6554]. Its type specimen is ANSP 13221, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. nitidus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Alveinus minutus Conrad p. 138 figs. pl. 10, fig. 2
1919Alveinus minutus Harris p. 110
1982Alveinus minutus Woodring p. 678
2002Alveinus minutus Kosnik

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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
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyGlossoidea(Gray 1847)
familyKelliellidaeFischer 1887
genusAlveinusConrad 1865
speciesminutusConrad 1865

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.

†Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 08:03:31
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:03:31
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Alveinus minutus (7788 7789 83950 84337 178054)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Alveinus minutus (205520 205533)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Alveinus minutus (1282 1283 1284 1285 1288 1290 1291 1422 1423 1424 1425 1426 1428 1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Alveinus minutus (1416 1417 1418 1419 1420 1421)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Alveinus minutus (1413 1414 1415 90652 205501)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Alveinus minutus (90474 90600 98272 205489)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Alveinus minutus (90704 91097 92393 99632 205526)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Alveinus minutus (91087 205410 205484)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Alveinus minutus (32925)