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Trinitasia sanctiandreae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Thyasira sanctiandreae was named by Maury (1925). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Trinitasia.

It was recombined as Trinitasia sanctiandreae by Woodring (1982).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Thyasira sanctiandreae Maury p. 166 figs. pl. 30, figs. 2, 3
1928Thyasira sanctiandreae Maury p. 318
1929Mactra (Mulinia) atlanticola Anderson pp. 175-176 figs. pl. 20, figs. 1, 2, 3
1929Dermatomya harrisi Weisbord p. 15 figs. pl. 3, fig. 2
1960Poromya (Dermatomya) harrisi Barrios p. 262
1982Trinitasia sanctiandreae Woodring p. 651

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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
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyMactrinaeLamarck 1809
genusTrinitasiaMaury 1928
speciessanctiandreae(Maury 1925)

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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Invalid names: Dermatomya harrisi Weisbord 1929 [synonym], Mulinia atlanticola Anderson 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:48:47
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:48:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 20.44000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Trinitasia sanctiandreae (42614)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Trinidad and Tobago Trinitasia sanctiandreae (96522)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Dermatomya harrisi (60684)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Mactra atlanticola (88296) Thyasira sanctiandreae, Trinitasia sanctiandreae (131220) Trinitasia sanctiandreae (131219)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Poromya harrisi (97685)