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Tellidora cristata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina cristata was named by Récluz (1842) [DISTRIBUTION: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Quintana Roo; MAX. SIZE: 37 mm.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Tellidora cristata by Olsson (1922), Woodring (1982), Rosenberg (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Lucina cristata Récluz
1922Tellidora cristata Olsson p. 254
1982Tellidora cristata Woodring p. 665
2005Tellidora cristata Rosenberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
subfamilyTellininaeBlainville 1814
genusTellidoraMorch 1856
speciescristata(Récluz 1842)

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.

Tellidora cristata Récluz 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Ontogeny: modification of partsg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:37:36
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:37:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Tellidora cristata (145334 145337)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Tellidora cristata (96514)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Tellina cristata (134652 134664 134677)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Tellidora cristata (61309)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Tellidora cristata (61310 67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Tellidora cristata (60928 66758 66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tellidora cristata (41740 61311 69087 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Tellidora cristata (66742)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Tellidora cristata (41935 41936 92775 92776)