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Psammacoma candida

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Psammotaea candida was named by Lamarck (1818) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Psammacoma.

It was recombined as Gastrana (Macoma) candida by Abrard (1947); it was recombined as Psammacoma candida by Woodring (1982) and Coan et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Psammotaea candida Lamarck
1947Gastrana (Macoma) candida Abrard
1982Psammacoma candida Woodring p. 667
2000Psammacoma candida Coan et al. p. 413

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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
speciescandida(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.

Psammacoma candida Lamarck 1818
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Vanuatu Gastrana candida (77904)