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Antigona carrizoensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Antigona carrizoensis was named by Loel and Corey (1932). Its type specimen is UCMP 31810 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A500, Carrizo Creek, foothills of La Panza Range, which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Antigona carrizoensis Loel and Corey p. 221 figs. Plate 41, figures 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusAntigonaSchumacher 1817
speciescarrizoensis

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.

Antigona carrizoensis Loel and Corey 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Antigona carrizoensis (type locality: 238218 238241)