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Cumingia tellinoides

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Taxonomy
Mactra tellinoides was named by Conrad (1831) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Pliocene-Recent; Nova Scotia-Florida. TYPE: Holotype (ANSP) missing.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cumingia tellinoides by Holmes (1860), Dall (1900), Abbott (1954), Richards (1962), Spencer and Campbell (1987), Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Mactra tellinoides Conrad p. 257 figs. pl. 9, figs. 2-3
1860Cumingia tellinoides Holmes p. 53
1900Cumingia tellinoides Dall p. 1000
1954Cumingia tellinoides Abbott p. 436
1962Cumingia tellinoides Richards p. 67
1987Cumingia tellinoides Spencer and Campbell p. 50
2008Cumingia tellinoides Hendy et al.

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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)
familySemelidaeStoliczka 1870
genusCumingiaSowerby I 1833
speciestellinoides(Conrad 1831)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:33:48
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:33:48
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Cumingia tellinoides (78269 78270)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) Cumingia tellinoides (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Cumingia tellinoides (58897 60986 60987 60988 60989 69043)
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial)2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Cumingia tellinoides (211183)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Cumingia tellinoides (66624)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Cumingia tellinoides (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Cumingia tellinoides (69047)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Cumingia tellinoides (66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Cumingia tellinoides (66758 66760 69046 79956 79957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cumingia tellinoides (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Cumingia tellinoides (57702 57705 69048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Cumingia tellinoides (61268)