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Nutricola tantilla

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus tantillus was named by Gould (1853). It is extant.

It was recombined as Psephis tantilla by Moody (1916); it was recombined as Transennella tantilla by Woodring and Bramlette (1950) and Vedder and Norris (1963); it was recombined as Transenella tantilla by Valentine (1957); it was recombined as Nutricola tantilla by Coan et al. (2000) and Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Venus tantillus Gould p. 406
1916Psephis tantilla Moody p. 45
1950Transennella tantilla Woodring and Bramlette
1957Transenella tantilla Valentine
1963Transennella tantilla Vedder and Norris
2000Nutricola tantilla Coan et al. p. 384
2021Nutricola tantilla Hendy

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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
subfamilyCallocardiinae(Dall 1895)
genusNutricolaBernard 1982
speciestantilla(Gould 1853)

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.

Nutricola tantilla Gould 1853
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Transenella tantilla (194801 194803 194895)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Nutricola tantilla (214270 214271 214272 214274)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Transennella tantilla (200398)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Psephis tantilla (186031) Transennella tantilla (189541 189542)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Nutricola tantilla (214280 214281 214285 214286) Transennella tantilla (189561 189761 189765 189767 189768 189769 207643 207663 207664 207666 207667 207669 207671 207672 207675 207677 207721)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Transenella tantilla (202496)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Transenella tantilla (201624) Transennella tantilla (186842 186843 186844 237610)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Transenella tantilla (96590 96592 96593)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Transennella tantilla (37933 37934 37937 37938 37939 37940 37941 37943 37944 37945 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Psephis tantilla (222663 222664) Transenella tantilla (202492 202493 202494 203114) Transennella tantilla (138723 203113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Transennella tantilla (52347 67642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Transenella tantilla (37675)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Transenella tantilla (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Psephis tantilla (222659 222660 222661) Transenella tantilla (59063 202490 202491 202936) Transennella tantilla (37672 37673)