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Tonicia (Lucilina)

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Chitonidae

Taxonomy
Tonicia (Lucilina) was named by Dall (1882) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7311].

It was reranked as Lucilina by Ladd (1966).

It was assigned to Chitonidae by Ladd (1966); and to Tonicia by Wells and Houston (2001), Hendy (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Tonicia (Lucilina) Dall
1966Lucilina Ladd p. 23
2001Tonicia (Lucilina) Wells and Houston p. 42
2007Tonicia (Lucilina) Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
Serialia
RankNameAuthor
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
orderChitonidaThiele 1909
suborderAcanthochitoninaBergenhayn 1930
familyChitonidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyChitoninaeLinnaeus 1758
genusToniciaGray 1847
subgenusLucilinaDall 1882

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.

Subg. †Tonicia (Lucilina) Dall 1882
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Lucilina russelli Ladd 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marine, brackishc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-07 09:30:10
Modified: 2010-02-15 05:49:47
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Palau Lucilina sp. A (77930)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Lucilina sp. B (78060)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Marshall Islands Lucilina russelli (77989)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Fiji Lucilina sp. B (68180)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Marshall Islands Lucilina sp. B (43332)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tuvalu Lucilina sp. (78035)