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Terraiinae

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Terraiinae was named by Scarlato and Starobogatov (1979).

It was reranked as the subfamily Terrainae by Simões et al. (2015).

It was assigned to Terraidae by Simões et al. (2015); and to Astartidae by Guerrini et al. (2020).

Subtaxa
Sister taxa
Terrainae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Terraiinae Scarlato and Starobogatov
2015Terrainae Simões et al. p. 19
2020Terraiinae Guerrini et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
subfamilyTerraiinaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
subfamilyTerraiinaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979

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.

Subfm. †Terraiinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979
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G. †Terraia Cox 1934
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Terraia aequilateralis Mendes 1952
Terraia altissima Holdhaus 1918
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Invalid names: Isocyprina reducta Cowper Reed 1929 [synonym], Solenomorpha intermedia Holdhaus 1919 [synonym]
Terraia angusta Reed 1935
Terraia bipleura Reed 1929
Terraia curvata Reed 1929
Terraia decarinata Guerrini et al. 2020
Terraia falconeri Cox 1934
Terraia martialis Reed 1929
Subfm. †Terrainae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-09-09 13:45:55
Modified: 2024-02-05 22:32:59
Source: superf = superfamily
Reference: Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Anisian or 266.90000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51Uruguay (Rivera) Terraia altissima, Pseudocorbula falconeri (206588)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Brazil (Santa Catarina) Pseudocorbula falconeri, Terraia angusta, Terraia martialis (209018)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Brazil (Paraná) Astartellopsis prosoclina, Terraia curvata, Terraia bipleura (209026)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Namibia Terraia altissima, Terraia curvata (101184) Terraia curvata (101185)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Terraia altissima, Terraia falconeri (209025)
Wordian - Wuchiapingian266.9 - 254.17Brazil (São Paulo) Terraia aequilateralis (10177 10178 10179)
Wordian - Wuchiapingian266.9 - 254.17Brazil (Mato Grosso) Terraia aequilateralis (209027 209028)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.17Brazil (São Paulo) Terraia aequilateralis (206336 206352 206353 206356) Terraia altissima (206326 206327 206328)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.17Brazil (Paraná) Terraia decarinata (209022 209023)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Astarte triasina (206384) Astartellopsis triasina (66084)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany Astarte triasina, Astartellopsis triasina (66080) Astarte triassina (66078)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Hessen) Astarte triasina (44357) Astarte triasina, Astarte willebadessensis, Astarte subaequilatera, Corbula triasina (38545)