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Timothynus turgida

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Taxonomy
Loripes turgida was named by Conrad (1848) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 30680, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Sphaerella turgida by Conrad (1865); it was recombined as Diplodonta turgida by Dall (1900); it was recombined as Timothynus turgida by Harris and Palmer (1946) and Dockery (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Loripes turgida Conrad p. 293
1854Diplidonta turgida Conrad p. 287
1865Sphaerella turgida Conrad p. 9
1900Diplodonta turgida Dall p. 1181
1946Timothynus turgida Harris and Palmer p. 86
1982Timothynus turgida Dockery p. 61

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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
superfamilyUngulinoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyUngulinidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusTimothynusBronn 1831
speciesturgida()

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.

†Timothynus turgida Conrad 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available