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Pleurolucina tithonis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Phacoides (Here) tithonis was named by Dall (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Jamaica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 135723, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Phacoides (Linga) tithonis by Woodring (1925); it was recombined as Pleurolucina tithonis by Taylor and Glover (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2007-03-06

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Phacoides (Here) tithonis Dall pp. 1366-1367 figs. pl. 50, fig. 10
1925Phacoides (Linga) tithonis Woodring p. 120
2021Pleurolucina tithonis Taylor and Glover p. 256

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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
genusPleurolucina(Dall 1901)
speciestithonis(Dall 1903)

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.

Pleurolucina tithonis Dall 1903
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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: 2009-09-09 14:01:07
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:03:02
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

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 tithonis (58522)