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Ctena galapagana

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Codakia (Jagonia) galapagana was named by Dall (1901). It is extant.

It was recombined as Codakia galapagana by Hertlein (1939); it was recombined as Ctena galapagana by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Codakia (Jagonia) galapagana Dall pp. 801, 823
1939Codakia galapagana Hertlein
2012Ctena galapagana Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 340

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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
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusCtenaMörch 1860
speciesgalapagana(Dall 1901)

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.

Ctena galapagana Dall 1901
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:59:17
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:02:20
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador Ctena galapagana (96595 96596)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Ecuador Ctena galapagana (62040)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Ecuador Codakia galapagana (96866 96867)