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Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina crassa was named by Pennant (1777) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Arcopagia, Arcopagia (Arcopagia).

It was recombined as Tellina (Arcopagia) crassa by Dolfus and Dautzenberg (1904) and Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Arcopagia crassa by Vokes (1972); it was recombined as Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa by Freneix et al. (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. decorata, A. pseudocolpodes, A. ventricosa, A. serricostata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Tellina crassa Pennant
1850Tellina crassa Wood p. 226
1904Tellina (Arcopagia) crassa Dolfus and Dautzenberg p. 138
1972Arcopagia crassa Vokes p. 34
1982Tellina (Arcopagia) crassa Woodring p. 657
1988Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa Freneix et al. p. 429

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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
genusArcopagiaLeach 1827
subgenusArcopagiaLeach 1827
speciescrassa(Pennant 1777)

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 13:34:59
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:34:59
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 Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Israel Tellina crassa (99603)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Arcopagia crassa (164945)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Arcopagia crassa (70864 70884)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Sevilla) Arcopagia crassa (123585)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Tellina crassa (84755)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Arcopagia crassa (86802)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Tellina crassa (84759 84764)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Arcopagia crassa (86803 86804 86805)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Arcopagia crassa (97963 97964)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Tellina crassa (84760)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Tellina crassa (178118)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Tellina crassa (127622)