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Trigonulina

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae

Taxonomy
Trigonulina was named by d'Orbigny (1946) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1248]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Verticordia (Trigonulina) by Dall (1886).

It was assigned to Verticordia by Dall (1886); to Verticordiidae by Jung (1996); and to Pholadomyoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Verticordia (Trigonulina) Dall p. 290
1946Trigonulina d'Orbigny
1996Trigonulina Jung p. 46
2002Trigonulina Sepkoski

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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
PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPoromyida(Ridewood 1903)
superfamilyVerticordioideaStoliczka 1871
familyVerticordiidaeStoliczka 1871
genusTrigonulinad'Orbigny 1946

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. Trigonulina d'Orbigny 1946
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Trigonulina novemcostata Adams and Reeve 1863
Trigonulina ornata d'Orbigny 1842
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN/BA, CP according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 08:02:01
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:02:01
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Verticordia satex (178054)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Verticordia satex (90651 205520)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Vericordia sotoensis (92175 98495)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Verticordia satex (98697 98940)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Verticordia dalli (41760 42290)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic T. bowdenensis (131491 131519)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) T. sp. (135816)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic T. bowdenensis (90619 93712 93716 94000 131494 131496 131497 131522 131645 131658 131659)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) T. sp. (135944)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) T. sp. (79855)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic T. bowdenensis (74967 75036)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Verticordia ornata (131332)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic T. bowdenensis (74968 93691 93715 93733 93737)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) T. sp. (135832)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Verticordia emmonsii (59307)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica T. bowdenensis (69090 131128) Verticordia bowdenensis (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela T. sp. (131210)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) T. sp. (61339 61340 79998)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) T. sp. (79800)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) T. sp. (61336 79794 79988 79999 80000 135876)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Verticordia emmonsii (79331 79336)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Verticordia emmonsii (59318)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) T. sp. (79835 79844)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Verticordia ornata (138723 202634 203108)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Verticordia ornata (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Verticordia ornata (160361)