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Tellina (Eurytellina) mooreana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina mooreana was named by Gabb (1860) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6931; DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coast.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Tellina (Eurytellina) mooreana by Palmer and Brann (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Tellina mooreana Gabb p. 387 figs. pl. 67, fig. 56
1965Tellina (Eurytellina) mooreana Palmer and Brann p. 306
2002Tellina mooreana Kosnik

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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
subgenusEurytellina(Fischer 1887)
speciesmooreana(Gabb 1860)

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 13:35:26
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:35:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) Tellina mooreana (2414)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Tellina mooreana (1437)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Tellina mooreana (90651 92226)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Tellina mooreana (2412 41426 41431 41432 41433 41435 41436 41439 41441 41443)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mexico (Tamaulipas) Tellina mooreana (42974 42980 42984)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Tellina mooreana (7437 7438 7439 41427 90656 205271 205422 205429 205430 205433 205480 205481 205483 205515)