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Noetia (Eontia) centrota

Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae

Taxonomy
Arca centrota was named by Guppy (1867).

It was recombined as Eontia centrota by MacNeil (1938), Rutsch (1942), Jung (1965); it was recombined as Noetia (Eontia) centrota by Jung (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Arca veatchi, Eontia incile, N. platyura, N. trinitaria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Arca centrota Guppy p. 54
1921Arca centrota Harris p. 54
1938Eontia centrota MacNeil p. 12 fig. 1:11,12
1942Eontia centrota Rutsch p. 110
1965Eontia centrota Jung p. 436
1969Noetia (Eontia) centrota Jung p. 86 fig. 1:3,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyNoetiidaeStewart 1930
genusNoetiaGray 1857
subgenusEontia
speciescentrota(Guppy 1867)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 08:31:55
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:33:13
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 20.45000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Eontia centrota (60144)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Noetia centrota (60399 60632 60634)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Eontia centrota (131241)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Noetia centrota (60410 60412 60413 60414 60415 60416 60417 60646 60647 60649 60650 60655 60659 61297)