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Sanguinolaria (Psammotaea)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

Taxonomy
Psammotaea was named by Lamarck (1818) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8445].

It was reranked as Sanguinolaria (Psammotaea) by Mandic and Steininger (2003).

It was assigned to Psammobiinae by Vokes (1980); to Psammobiidae by Lamprell and Whitehead (1992); and to Sanguinolaria by Mandic and Steininger (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Psammotaea Lamarck
1980Psammotaea Vokes p. 148
1992Psammotaea Lamprell and Whitehead p. 112
2003Sanguinolaria (Psammotaea) Mandic and Steininger p. 278

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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)
familyPsammobiidaeFleming 1828
subfamilySanguinolariinaeGrant 1931
genusSanguinolariaLamarck 1799
subgenusPsammotaea(Lamarck 1818)

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.

Subg. †Sanguinolaria (Psammotaea) Lamarck 1818
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:33:21
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:33:21
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Burdigalian or 59.20000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Pakistan (Baluchistan) Psammotaea sp. (101938)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Psammotaea sp. (42111)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan Psammotaea equideclivis (70919)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Sanguinolaria labordei (65161)