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Tellina (Saulella) undulifera

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina undulifera was named by Gabb (1869). Its type specimen is ANSP 4551, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Periploma undulifera by Waring (1917); it was recombined as Saulella undulifera by Zinsmeister (1983) and Squires (1999); it was recombined as Tellina (Saulella) undulifera by Moore (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Tellina undulifera Gabb p. 183 figs. pl. 30, fig. 74
1917Periploma undulifera Waring p. 79
1925Tellina undulifera Nelson p. 415
1930Tellina undulifera Stewart p. 204 figs. Plate 7, fig. 8
1983Saulella undulifera Zinsmeister p. 1288
1999Saulella undulifera Squires p. 27 figs. Figure 60
2003Tellina (Saulella) undulifera Moore figs. plate 2, figures 2a,b

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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
subgenusSaulella()
speciesundulifera()

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Lutetian or 61.60000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Tellina undulifera (190778 190785 190786 190798)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Tellina undulifera (184016 205398)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Periploma undulifera (193036) Saulella undulifera (205392 214289) Tellina undulifera (52610 52612 52618)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Saulella undulifera (207315)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Tellina undulifera (211023)