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Psammacoma gatunensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Macoma (Tellina) gatunensis was named by Toula (1909) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Tellina gatunensis by Brown and Pilsbry (1911) and Anderson (1929); it was recombined as Macoma (Psammacoma) gatunensis by Olsson (1922) and Hodson and Hodson (1931); it was recombined as Psammacoma gatunensis by Woodring (1982) and Perrilliat (1992).

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Macoma (Tellina) gatunensis Toula p. 729 figs. pl. 28, fig. 10
1911Tellina gatunensis Brown and Pilsbry p. 368
1912Tellina aequilaterminata Brown and Pilsbry p. 517 figs. pl. 26, fig. 5
1913Tellina aequiterminata Brown and Pilsbry p. 517 figs. pl. 26, fig. 5
1922Macoma (Psammacoma) gatunensis Olsson p. 255
1929Tellina (Eurytellina) aequiterminata Anderson p. 173
1929Tellina gatunensis Anderson p. 173
1931Macoma (Psammacoma) falconensis Hodson p. 16 figs. pl. 6, figs. 1, 6, 7
1931Macoma (Psammacoma) falconensis Hodson and Hodson p. 16 figs. pl. 6, figs. 1, 6, 7
1931Macoma (Psammacoma) gatunensis Hodson and Hodson p. 16 figs. pl. 6, fig. 2
1965Psammacoma falconensis Jung p. 473
1982Psammacoma gatunensis Woodring p. 668
1992Psammacoma gatunensis Perrilliat p. 13

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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
genusPsammacomaLeach 1819
speciesgatunensis(Toula 1909)

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.

Psammacoma gatunensis Toula 1909
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Invalid names: Macoma (Psammacoma) falconensis Hodson and Hodson 1931 [synonym], Tellina (Eurytellina) aequilaterminata Brown and Pilsbry 1913 [synonym]
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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 13:36:40
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:36:40
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Piacenzian or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (92 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Psammacoma falconensis (60144 60703 60707 60708 60710)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Psammacoma falconensis (156796 160776 161093)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Psammacoma falconensis (156798 157919 157930 157931)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Psammacoma falconensis (136884 136885 156552 157858 160965 160966 160967)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Michoacan) Psammacoma gatunensis (66164 76566)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Psammacoma gatunensis (52173)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Psammacoma gatunensis (52170 93058 93060 93062 93145 93160 93164 93166 93168 93169 93172 93173 93174 93175 93176 93177 93222)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Psammacoma gatunensis (92704)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Psammacoma gatunensis (142895 142897 142898 142899 142901 142902 142903 142905 142906 142910 142913 142918 142921 142922 142924 142925 142930 142934 142936 142938 142939 142940 142941 142942 142943 142944 142945 142948 142950 142951 145250 145254 145278 145332 145334 145337 145341 145342 145343 145344 145345 145354 145568)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Macoma falconensis (155790)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela Psammacoma gatunensis (96488)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Psammacoma gatunensis (131219 131220) Tellina gatunensis (88296 88297)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia (BolĂ­var) Tellina aequiterminata (88307) Tellina gatunensis (88306)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Macoma gatunensis (134652)