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Tonicia

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Chitonidae

Taxonomy
Tonicia was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 1029]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Chiton (Tonicia) by Shuttleworth (1856).

It was assigned to Chiton by Shuttleworth (1856); to Chitoninae by Abbott (1974), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Toniciinae by Wells and Houston (2001); and to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Tonicia Gray
1856Chiton (Tonicia) Shuttleworth
1974Tonicia Abbott p. 406
1995Tonicia Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152
2001Tonicia Wells and Houston p. 42
2002Tonicia Sepkoski

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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

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.

G. Tonicia Gray 1847
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Subg. †Tonicia (Lucilina) Dall 1882
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†Lucilina russelli Ladd 1966
Subg. †Tonicia (Toniciopsis) Thiele 1893
†Tonicia pannonica Szots 1847
Tonicia schrammi Shuttleworth 1856
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Hungary T. pannonica (172909)
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)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama T. schrammi (80304)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tuvalu Lucilina sp. (78035)