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Elegantarca

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Pichleriidae

Taxonomy
Elegantarca was named by Tomlin (1930). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Arcoida by Kiessling (2003); to Limopsidae by Aberhan et al. (2004); and to Pichleriidae by Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Species
Entered
by W. Kiessling on 2006-11-16; modified by B. Allen on 2019-05-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Elegantarca Tomlin
2003Elegantarca Kiessling
2004Elegantarca Aberhan et al.
2014Elegantarca Ros-Franch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
CyrtodontidinaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
superfamilyPichlerioideaScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
familyPichleriidaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genusElegantarcaTomlin 1930

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. †Elegantarca Tomlin 1930
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Elegantarca subareata Chen 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Modified: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Eaton 1871

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Illyrian or 244.24000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Guizhou) E. subareata (42276 42277 42284 42377)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0China (Guizhou) E. subareata (42278)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) E. sp., E. subareata (31619 31621) E. subareata (31611 31613 31616 31617 31618 31620 31622 31623 31624 31625 31626 31627 31628 31629 31631 31632)