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Cunavella etheridgei

Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae

Taxonomy
Sanguinolites etheridgei was named by de Koninck (1877).

It was recombined as Chaenomya etheridgei by Laseron (1910); it was recombined as Vacunella etheridgei by Runnegar (1967), Muromtseva (1981), Muromtseva and Guskov (1984) and Waterhouse (1987); it was recombined as Cunavella etheridgei by Astafieva-Urbajtis (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Sanguinolites etheridgei de Koninck
1910Chaenomya etheridgei Laseron p. 209
1967Vacunella etheridgei Runnegar p. 67 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-12, 13, 14
1981Vacunella etheridgei Muromtseva p. 44 figs. Pl 10, fig 20
1984Vacunella etheridgei Muromtseva and Guskov p. 96 figs. Pl 45, figs 5,7; pl 49, fig 15; pl 51, figs 3,18,19; pl 53, fig 8
1987Vacunella etheridgei Waterhouse p. 173 figs. Pl 11, fig 8
1990Cunavella etheridgei Astafieva-Urbajtis p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
superfamilyGrammysioideaMiller 1877
familySanguinolitidaeMiller 1877
subfamilyVacunellinae(Astafieva-Urbajtis 1973)
genusCunavella
speciesetheridgei(de Koninck 1877)

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.

Cunavella etheridgei de Koninck 1877
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Waterhouse 1987Highly oblique strongly prosocline shells with anteriorly placed umbones.
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height539.529.546.043.07.20
valve height428.916.041.032.710.6

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-12 12:33:01
Modified: 2009-10-12 14:33:01
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Clapham 2015, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Capitanian or 290.10000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Queensland) Vacunella etheridgei (85039 85045 116739)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation Vacunella etheridgei (113981)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (New South Wales) Chaenomya etheridgei (161842)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (Queensland) Vacunella etheridgei (136668)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51New Zealand (Southland) Vacunella etheridgei (52189)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) Vacunella etheridgei (86010 120336)