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Tindariopsis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Tindariopsis was named by Verrill and Bush (1897). It is extant.

It was assigned to Malletiinae by Rosenberg (2005); to Nuculanidae by Mikkelsen (2006); and to Nuculidae by Nielson and Valdovinos (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Tindariopsis Verrill and Bush
2005Tindariopsis Rosenberg
2006Tindariopsis Mikkelsen
2008Tindariopsis Nielson and Valdovinos p. 203

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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
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusTindariopsisVerrill and Bush 1897

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. Tindariopsis Verrill and Bush 1897
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Tindariopsis sulcata Gould 1852
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Invalid names: Tindariopsis elegans Hupé 1854 [synonym]
Tindariopsis sulculata Couthouy 1852
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:26:01
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:26:01
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Chile Nuculana elegans (78554 78555 78556)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Chile Nuculana elegans (79201 79202 79204 79206 79207 79208 79210 79211 79213 79215)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Chile T. sulcata (89241)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina T. sulculata (71601 71603)