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Sinbadiella pygmaea

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Sinbadiella pygmaea was named by Hautmann and Nützel (2005). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BSPG2004XII-10. Its type locality is Windowblind Butte, Bed VIII, San Rafael Swell, which is in a Smithian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal packstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Sinbadiella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Sinbadiella pygmaea Hautmann and Nützel pp. 1133 - 1134 figs. pl. 1; txt. f. 2; table 1
2013Sinbadiella pygmaea Hofmann and Hautmann p. 568 fig. 13F

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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
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusSinbadiella
speciespygmaea

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.

Sinbadiella pygmaea Hautmann and Nützel 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height163.240.6206.204.752.05

Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Utah) Sinbadiella pygmaea (56882 type locality: 116017 156096 156110)