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Tellina (Angulus) castacana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina castacana was named by Anderson and Hanna (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene-Oligocene; Eastern Pacific.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Tellina (Angulus) castacana by Moore (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Tellina castacana Anderson and Hanna p. 153 figs. pl. 2, fig. 13
2003Tellina (Angulus) castacana Moore figs. plate 1, figure 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
subfamilyTellininaeBlainville 1814
genusTellinaMegerle 1811
subgenusAngulus
speciescastacana(Anderson and Hanna 1925)

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.

†Tellina (Angulus) castacana Anderson and Hanna 1925
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Diagnosis
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