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Phacoides (Linga) browni

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Phacoides (Linga) browni was named by Woodring (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Jamaica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352809, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Entered
by A. Hendy on 2007-03-06

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Phacoides (Linga) browni Woodring p. 120 figs. pl. 16, fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusPhacoidesBruguière 1797
subgenusLinga
speciesbrowni

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.

Phacoides (Linga) browni Woodring 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:00:32
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:59:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Phacoides browni (58522)