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Tetrarca

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Tetrarca Nordsieck p. 20
2021Tetrarca Vermeij and Amano p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCucullaeidaeStewart 1930
genusTetrarcaNordsieck 1969

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. Tetrarca Nordsieck 1969
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Tetrarca acuminata Krauss 1848
Tetrarca boucardi Jousseaume 1894
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Invalid names: Arca praeboucardi Sinelnikova 1990 [synonym]
Tetrarca fernandezensis Hertlein and Strong 1943
†Tetrarca leptogrammica Hall, Jr. 1964
†Tetrarca sisquocensis Reinhart 1937
†Tetrarca washingtoniana Dickerson 1917
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Invalid names: Barbatia merriami Van Winkle 1918 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-02-17 23:12:32
Modified: 2010-02-18 01:12:32
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Arca washingtoniana (40733 91606 91607)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Washington) Arca washingtoniana (4900)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Arca tetragona (178110)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy Arca tetragona (178112)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Russian Federation Arca praeboucardi (50038 50120)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Russian Federation Arca praeboucardi (49978)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Arca leptogrammica (206284)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation Arca boucardi, Arca praeboucardi (70473)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Arca boucardi (70472)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Arca tetragona (84755 84795 84992)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium Arca tetragona (80674)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Niigata) Arca boucardi (89861)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Fukushima) Arca boucardi (62295)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Aomori) Arca boucardi (234748)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Arca tetragona (84759)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan Arca boucardi (97077)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Arca tetragona (178117)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Yamaguchi) Arca boucardi (62299 62300)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Arca tetragona (78312)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan Arca boucardi (96970 97028 97029)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Arca tetragona (127581)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Arca boucardi (190675)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) Arca tetragona (89618 128466 128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Arca tetragona (122244)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Arca tetragona (166074)