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Frenguelliella tapiai

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Laevitrigoniidae

Taxonomy
Trigonia tapiai was named by Lambert (1944).

It was recombined as Trigonia (Frenguelliella) tapiai by Cox (1952); it was recombined as Frenguelliella tapiai by Pérez et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Trigonia tapiai Lambert p. 358 figs. Pl 13, fig 1
1952Trigonia (Frenguelliella) tapiai Cox
2008Frenguelliella tapiai Pérez et al. p. 70 figs. Pl 5, figs 1,3,4,9-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—UniomorphiGray 1854
—UnioniGray 1854
—UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyMyophorelloidea(Kobayashi 1954)
—MyophorelloidaeKobayashi 1954
familyLaevitrigoniidaeSaveliev 1958
subfamilyFrenguelliellinaeNakano 1960
genusFrenguelliellaLeanza 1942
speciestapiai(Lambert 1944)

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.

†Frenguelliella tapiai Lambert 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height122.0----
valve height223.522.025.023.52.12

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:34:20
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:34:20
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Margaritatus or 199.30000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Chile (Coquimbo) Frenguelliella tapiai (221523)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Argentina (Neuquen) Frenguelliella tapiai (33841 33842)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Argentina (Mendoza) Frenguelliella tapiai (33753)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian190.8 - 174.1Argentina (Mendoza) Frenguelliella tapiai (33746)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Chile Frenguelliella tapiai (95086)