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Glossus santamaria

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae

Taxonomy
Glossus santamaria was named by Ward (1992). Its type specimen is USNM 405265, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Glossus santamaria Ward p. 98 figs. Plate 7, Figure 6

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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
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyGlossoidea(Gray 1847)
familyGlossidaeGray 1847
genusGlossusPoli 1795
speciessantamaria

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.

Glossus santamaria Ward 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 18:16:53
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:39:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Glossus santamaria (71625 71632)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Glossus santamaria (70853)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Glossus santamaria (51722 59303 59304)