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Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria)

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) Dall
2001Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) Todd

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPoromyida(Ridewood 1903)
superfamilyCuspidarioideaDall 1886
familyCuspidariidaeDall 1886
genusCuspidariaDall 1886
subgenusCuspidariaDall 1886

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.

Subg. Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) Dall 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:43:53
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:54:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 72.20000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Cuspidaria ampulla (4284) Cuspidaria sp. (4246 4251 4327)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Cuspidaria ampulla (4369)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Cuspidaria jerseyensis (4201) Cuspidaria sp. (4217)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Cuspidaria ampulla (4454 4500) Cuspidaria sp. (4436 4445 4452 4462)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Cuspidaria jerseyensis (4150 4160 4163 4164)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Cuspidaria ampulla (4344)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Cuspidaria sp. (4525)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Cuspidaria sp. (205466)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Cuspidaria cuspidata (111599)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Netherlands Cuspidaria sp. 1, Cuspidaria sp. 2 (186884) Cuspidaria sp. 1, Cuspidaria sp. 2, Cuspidaria sp. 3 (186883)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark Cuspidaria cuspidata (98312)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Cuspidaria cuspidata (86802) Cuspidaria rostrata (86801)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Cuspidaria distiria (69090)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Cuspidaria sp. (61336 79794)