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Spisula praetenuis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mactra praetenuis was named by Conrad (1833). Its type specimen is ANSP 20391, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Spisula praetenuis by Dall (1898); it was misspelled as Spisula praetanius by Kosnik (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Mactra praetenuis Conrad p. 42
1898Spisula praetenuis Dall
2002Spisula praetanius 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
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
genusSpisulaGray 1837
speciespraetenuis(Conrad 1833)

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.

†Spisula praetenuis Conrad 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:12:34
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:12:34
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Priabonian or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Spisula praetenuis (81189 81191 83802 83804)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Spisula praetenuis (1443 1444 81209 81212)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (South Carolina) Spisula praetenuis (52344)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Virginia) Spisula praetenuis (1447 1448)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Spisula praetenuis (2423 90600)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Spisula praetenuis (91115)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Mactra praetenuis (92488) Spisula praetenuis (92378 92485 92492)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Georgia) Spisula praetenuis (98636)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Spisula praetenuis (92393 99675)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Spisula praetenuis (98653)