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Tellina (Megangulus) crooki

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina crooki was named by Nelson (1925). Its type specimen is UC 30523, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3776, Runkle Canyon, which is in a Selandian marine horizon in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

It was recombined as Tellina (Megangulus) crooki by Moore (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Tellina crooki Nelson p. 415 figs. pl. 53, fig. 4
2003Tellina (Megangulus) crooki Moore figs. plate 2, figure 11

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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
subgenusMegangulus(Afshar 1969)
speciescrooki()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Selandian or 61.60000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Tellina crooki (type locality: 215686)