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Codakia tigerina

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Venus tigerina was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Codakia tigerina by Mörch (1853), Wilson (2002) and Glover and Taylor (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Venus tigerina Linnaeus p. 688
1853Codakia tigerina Mörch p. 33
2002Codakia tigerina Wilson p. 56
2007Codakia tigerina Glover and Taylor p. 134

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusCodakiaScopoli 1777
speciestigerina(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:59:04
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:06:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) Codakia tigerina (96696)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Egypt Codakia tigerina (42121)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Codakia tigerina (101415 101416)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Tanzania Codakia tigerina (101546)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Codakia tigerina (198583 198586)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Codakia tigerina (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Codakia tigerina (101634)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen Codakia tigerina (55369 55374 55375 55376 55379 55381)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.0117Iran Codakia tigerina (164152)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Codakia tigerina (201440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Codakia tigerina (96787 96788 96791 96793)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Codakia tigerina (96436)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Codakia tigerina (80718 101543)