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Liopistha protexta

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Liopistha protexta Conrad
1914Liopistha protexta Stephenson
2002Liopistha protexta Kosnik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPoromyida(Ridewood 1903)
superfamilyPoromyoidea(Dall 1886)
familyPoromyidaeDall 1886
genusLiopisthaMeek 1864
speciesprotextaConrad 1853

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.

†Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:13:50
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:19:44
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (134 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Liopistha protexta (88610)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Liopistha protexta (6122 6123 6129 6135 6136 6139 6158)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Liopistha protexta (6171 6172 6175 6176)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Liopistha protexta (7472 7481 7482 7500 7503 7507 7510 7552)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Liopistha protexta (88357)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Liopistha protexta (4099 4100 4101 4102 4105 4118 239484)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Liopistha protexta (4238 4240 4247 4248 4250 4252 4253 4254 4255 4256 4259 4260 4261 4264 4270 4276 4285 4330)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Liopistha protexta (26818)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Liopistha protexta (4269 4281)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Liopistha protexta (4354 4355)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Liopistha protexta (4394 4454 4491 4502 4517 7446)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) Liopistha protexta (4382 4383 4385 4386)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Liopistha protexta (4124 4125 4127 4136 4137 4142 4147 4148 4151 4156 4157 4160 4164 4167 212621 239485)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Liopistha protexta (4178 4180 4182 4183 4184 4193 4197 4198 4199 4201 4202 4203 4205 4206 4217 4219 4228 4229 4230 4231 4236 4237 83237 83238)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Liopistha protexta (4365 4367 4368 4369 4370 4371 4372 4373 4374)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Liopistha protexta (1310)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Liopistha protexta (1312)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) Liopistha protexta (1295)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Liopistha protexta (1303 1304 1305 1391 205512)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Liopistha protexta (1313 4380)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Liopistha protexta (1298 1299 1392 1393 7480 7493 7495 7524 7550)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Liopistha protexta (1306 1307 1308 83239)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Liopistha protexta (1309)