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Tawera

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Tawera was named by Marwick (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Chioninae by Vokes (1980); to Veneridae by Gordillo (1991) and Lamprell and Whitehead (1992); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Venerinae by Beu (2006).

Species
T. gallinula, T. propinqua, T. subnodulosa
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. spissa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Tawera Marwick p. 613
1980Tawera Vokes p. 176
1991Tawera Gordillo p. 129
1992Tawera Lamprell and Whitehead p. 130
2002Tawera Sepkoski
2006Tawera Beu p. 277

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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
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusTaweraMarwick 1927

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.

G. Tawera Marwick 1927
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†Tawera propinqua Tenison Woods 1877
Tawera subnodulosa Hanley 1844
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Holocene or 41.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand T. n. sp. (67590)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) T. propinqua (71238)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) Chione propinqua (72221)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (North Island) T. sp. (176737)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand T. marshalli (67897)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Chione propinqua (72210) T. propinqua (71351)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) T. gallinula (63433) T. pernitida (63439)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand (Auckland) T. duobrunnea (45258 45259) T. sp. (45256)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand T. sp. (45028)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Timoclea subnodulosa (72098 72099)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Australia (Western Australia) T. sp. (63352) T. sp. A, T. sp. B (63353)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129New Zealand (Wellington) T. spissa (94818)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) T. coelata, T. lagopus (96708)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina T. gayi (65818 65819 65820 65821 65822 65823 71603)