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Saxolucina sharmani

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Phacoides sharmani was named by Wilckens (1911) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Saxolucina sharmani by Zinsmeister (1984) and Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. proxima, S. lamyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Phacoides sharmani Wilckens p. 12 figs. pl. 1, fig. 11
1984Saxolucina sharmani Zinsmeister p. 1513
1992Saxolucina sharmani Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusSaxolucina()
speciessharmani(Wilckens 1911)

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.

†Saxolucina sharmani Wilckens 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica (Seymour Island) Saxolucina sharmani (63547 63548 63549 63550)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica Saxolucina sharmani (72399 72400 72401 72402 72405)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) Saxolucina sharmani (63551)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Saxolucina sharmani (63552)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) Saxolucina sharmani (63553)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Antarctica Saxolucina sharmani (72389 72391 72394 72397)