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Tucetona democraciana

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Glycymeris canalis democraciana was named by Hodson et al. (1927). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Glycymeris democraciana by Hodson and Hodson (1927) and Thomas (1972); it was recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) democraciana by Jung (1965); it was recombined as Tucetona democraciana by Hendy et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Glycymeris canalis democraciana Hodson et al. p. 17 figs. pl. 2, figs. 2, 5
1927Glycymeris democraciana Hodson and Hodson p. 17 figs. 2: 2, 5
1965Glycymeris (Glycymeris) democraciana Jung p. 437
1972Glycymeris democraciana Thomas
2015Tucetona democraciana Hendy et al.

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

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 democraciana Hodson et al. 1927
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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, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 20.44000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Glycymeris democraciana (60144)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Tucetona democraciana (136883 156329 156334 156354 156361 156720 156721 156723 156748 156751 156753 156797 157343 160776 160789 160798 160800 160814 160815 160816)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Tucetona democraciana (156798)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Tucetona democraciana (136879 136884 136885 156520 156522 156524 156551 156682 156683 157783 157828 157830 157848 157859 158033 158097 158100 160968 160969 160970 161889 162000)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Tucetona democraciana (131220)