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Trinacria menthifontis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Trinacria menthifontis was named by Dockery (1982) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Mississippi]. Its type specimen is USNM 340426, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Trinacria menthifontis Dockery p. 36 figs. pl. 6, figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyNoetiinaeStewart 1930
tribeTrinacriini(MacNeil 1937)
genusTrinacriaMayer 1868
speciesmenthifontis

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.

Trinacria menthifontis Dockery 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: intermediatef
Folds: minorf
Ribbing: majorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanic, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2008-11-18 16:46:55
Modified: 2010-02-18 01:07:43
Source: f = family
Reference: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Trinacria menthifontis (5501 5867 5943 5947)