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Ctena (Ctena)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Ctena (Ctena) Mörch
1969Ctena (Ctena) Cox et al. p. 494
1988Ctena (Ctena) Moore p. D12
2002Ctena (Ctena) Mandic et al. p. 300
2004Ctena (Ctena) Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255

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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
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyCodakiinae(Korobkov 1954)
genusCtenaMörch 1860
subgenusCtenaMörch 1860

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. Ctena (Ctena) Mörch 1860
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:59:17
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:02:20
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Badenian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 13.82000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia Ctena exigua (73137)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Ctena decorata (86802)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Ctena magnoliana, Ctena microimbricata (59307)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Codakia magnoliana (59484)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Ctena decorata (86804 86805)