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Moerella (Scissula)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina (Scissula) was named by Dall (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R]. It is extant.

It was Moerella (Scissula) by Olsson (1961); it was reranked as Scissula by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Tellina by Dall (1900); to Moerella by Olsson (1961); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Tellina (Scissula) Dall p. 291
1961Moerella (Scissula) Olsson p. 407
2002Scissula Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusMoerellaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusScissula(Fischer 1887)

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.

Subg. Moerella (Scissula) Dall 1900
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Scissula iris Say 1822
Scissula similis Sowerby 1806
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Invalid names: Tellina caribaea d'Orbigny 1853 [synonym]
Tellina (Scissula) varilineata Pilsbry and Olsson 1943
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Invalid names: Moerella (Scissula) esmeralda Olsson 1961 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubg
Life habit: infaunalsubg
Diet: deposit feedersubg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DS according to Todd (2001).subg
Created: 2009-09-09 13:37:05
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:37:05
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Tellina lampra (41760 42250 42443) Tellina sp. (42225)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Scissula scitula (58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Scissula scitula (58824 58867)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Scissula healeyi (69090) Tellina healeyi (58522)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Scissula candeana (69029) Tellina calliglypta (79338) Tellina candeana (79336) Tellina similis (41501 79331)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Tellina caribaea (66811)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Florida) Tellina similis (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Scissula sp. (79707)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Scissula similis (69087)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Jamaica Tellina similis (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Tellina similis (80837 80853)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Scissula varilineata (160395)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Tellina iris (41935 92776)