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Tellinimera kauffmani

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellinimera kauffmani was named by Marincovich (1993). Its type locality is Prince Creek Fm, Colville River, which is in a Danian estuary/bay mudstone/sandstone in the Prince Creek Formation of Alaska.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by S. Peters on 2006-09-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Tellinimera kauffmani Marincovich, Jr. pp. 20-22 figs. 12.3-12.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
subfamilyTellininaeBlainville 1814
genusTellinimeraConrad 1860
specieskauffmani

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.

Tellinimera kauffmani Marincovich, Jr. 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:44:14
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:16:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alaska) Tellinimera kauffmani (type locality: 64414)