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Comitileda

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Comitileda was named by Iredale (1924). It is extant. Its type is Leda miliacea.

It was assigned to Nuculaninae by Maxwell (1992).

Species
C. brachyryncha, C. miliacea
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. brachyrynchoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Comitileda Iredale p. 185
1992Comitileda Maxwell pp. 57, 58

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
subfamilyNuculaninaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusComitiledaIredale 1924

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. Comitileda Iredale 1924
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†Comitileda brachyryncha Maxwell 1992
Comitileda miliacea Hedley 1902
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-07-27 04:12:34
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 59.24000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Australia (Victoria) C. brachyrynchoides (6267)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) C. brachyryncha (45037)