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Tucetona pectinata canalis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Glycymeris canalis was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1911). Its type specimen is ANSP (no number), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata canalis by Woodring (1973); it was recombined as Tucetona pectinata canalis by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Glycymeris nodosa, T. oculata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Glycymeris canalis Brown and Pilsbry p. 364 figs. pl. 28, fig. 10
1917Glycymeris canalis Brown and Pilsbry
1922Glycymeris canalis Olsson p. 177
1927Glycymeris canalis Hodson et al. p. 15
1960Glycymeris canalis Barrios p. 235
1973Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata canalis Woodring p. 520
2008Tucetona pectinata canalis Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyGlycymerididaeNewton 1922
genusTucetonaIredale 1939
speciespectinata(Gmelin 1791)
subspeciescanalis()

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.

†Tucetona pectinata canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: thickf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: majorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 17:31:12
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:31:12
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 33.90000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Venezuela (Falcon) Glycimeris canalis (61166)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Glycymeris canalis (60670)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Glycimeris canalis (61013) Glycymeris canalis (135496 135497)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Zulia) Glycymeris canalis (60627)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Glycymeris canalis (60680 60683)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Glycymeris canalis (135498 135501 135502)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Glycymeris canalis (131304)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Glycymeris canalis (134661)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Glycimeris canalis (61024 61025 61026 61029 61030) Glycymeris canalis (135499 135503 135504)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Glycymeris canalis (97683 97692)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Glycimeris canalis (61022 61027 61032 61036 61040) Glycimeris democraciana (61039) Glycymeris canalis (135500)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Glycymeris canalis (133226 133234)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Glycymeris canalis (134655)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Glycymeris canalis (134673 134680)