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Tellina (Cadella)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Cadella Dall et al.
1980Cadella Vokes p. 142
2000Tellina (Cadella) Coan et al. p. 402
2002Cadella Sepkoski
2003Tellina (Cadella) Moore

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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
genusTellinaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusCadella(Dall et al. 1938)

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.

Subg. Tellina (Cadella) Dall et al. 1938
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Cadella nuculoides Reeve 1854
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Invalid names: Maera salmonea Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Cadella semen Hanley 1845
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:08:38
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:59:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Tellina salmonea (44425)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Cadella semen (72098)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Fukushima) Cadella lubrica (62295)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan Cadella lubrica (97077)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Tellina salmonea (37940)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Moerella salmonea (222663) Tellina salmonea (138723)