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Callista (Callista) elegans

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cytherea elegans was named by Lamarck (1806) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Tivelina elegans by Burton (1933); it was recombined as Meretrix elegans by Morellet and Morellet (1944); it was recombined as Callista (Callista) elegans by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Cytherea elegans Lamarck p. 135 figs. pl. 28, fig. 9
1933Tivelina elegans Burton
1944Meretrix elegans Morellet and Morellet
1995Callista (Callista) elegans Le Renard and Pacaud p. 72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCallistinaeHabe and Kosuge 1967
genusCallistaPoli 1791
subgenusCallistaPoli 1791
specieselegans(Lamarck 1806)

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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†Tivelina elegans elegantula Deshayes 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
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 (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Tivelina elegans (75366 75367 75369 75370)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Meretrix elegans, Meretrix distans (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Tivelina elegans (42636 42639)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Meretrix elegans (3719 3720)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Tivelina elegans (42640)