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Teredo mississippiensis

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae

Taxonomy
Teredo mississippiensis was named by Conrad (1854) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6859].

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. annulata, T. parvula, T. polythalamia, T. rectus, T. ringens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Teredo mississippiensis Conrad p. 289
2002Teredo mississippiensis Kosnik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyPholadoideaLamarck 1809
familyTeredinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusTeredo
speciesmississippiensis

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.

†Teredo mississippiensis Conrad 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: boringg
Diet: herbivoreg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:20:03
Modified: 2004-02-29 20:20:03
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Stilwell and Henderson 2002

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Bartonian or 66.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Illinois) Teredo mississippiensis (70129)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Teredo mississippiensis (1418)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Teredo mississippiensis (3531 3532 3533 90471)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Teredo mississippiensis (3534 91115)