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Abra (Abra) petropolitana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Taxonomy
Abra (Abra) petropolitana was named by Stenzel (1957) [m. kosnik taxon no: 901]. Its type specimen is BEG 20673, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. cylicion, A. digitaria, A. lapochi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Abra (Abra) petropolitana Stenzel p. 119 figs. pl. 12, figs. 1, 2
1965Abra (Abra) petropolitana Palmer and Brann p. 23

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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)
familySemelidaeStoliczka 1870
genusAbraLamarck 1818
subgenusAbraLamarck 1818
speciespetropolitanaStenzel 1957

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.

†Abra (Abra) petropolitana Stenzel 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Diet 2: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:19:21
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:33:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Abra petropolitana (41436)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Abra petropolitana (7437 7438 7439 90656 205430)