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Tellina (Tellinella) listeri

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina listeri was named by Röding (1798) [DISTRIBUTION: Plesitocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Tellina (Tellinella) listeri by Woodring (1982).

Synonyms
  • Tellina mexicana was named by Petit (1841) [DISTRIBUTION: Plesitocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Tellinella mexicana by Woodring (1924); it was synonymized subjectively with Tellinella listeri by Hendy et al. (2008).
  • Tellina interrupta was named by Woodring (1815) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Tellinella listeri by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Tellina listeri Röding
1815Tellina interrupta Woodring
1841Tellina mexicana Petit
1924Tellinella mexicana Woodring
1982Tellina (Tellinella) listeri Woodring p. 657

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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)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusTellinaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusTellinella(Mörch 1853)
specieslisteri(Röding 1798)

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: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:38:19
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:38:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Tellina listeri (80407 80408)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Tellina listeri (209855)