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Tellina alisoensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Tellina alisoensis Packard p. 426 figs. Plate 33, figure 3
1958Tellina alisoensis Anderson p. 142

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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
genusTellinaLinnaeus 1758
speciesalisoensis

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.

†Tellina alisoensis Packard 1922
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. L. Packard 1922Shell small, elongated, inequilateral; dorsal margin slightly convex, approximately paralleling the nearly straight base line; posterior extremity bluntly pointed; anterior dorsal margin sloping abruptly to the slightly truncated extremjty. Beaks inconspicuous, situated at about one-fourth the dist ance from the anterior to the posterior end; an indistinct ridge extends froin the beak to the anterior end. The type is a cast, which does not show the muscle scars nor the character of the sculpture. Length of the type, 16.5 mm.; height, 11 mm.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:08:38
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:59:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian - Late/Upper Campanian93.5 - 70.6USA (California) Tellina alisoensis (type locality: 207830)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (California) Tellina alisoensis (80945)