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Pteropsella lapidosa

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae

Taxonomy
Lutraria lapidosa was named by Conrad (1846). Its type specimen is ANSP 20218, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pteropsis lapidosa by Conrad (1865) and Harris (1919); it was recombined as Kymatox lapidosa by Stenzel (1957); it was recombined as Pteropsella lapidosa by Palmer and Brann (1965) and Kosnik (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. praelapidosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Lutraria lapidosa Conrad p. 215 figs. pl. 2, fig. 7
1865Pteropsis lapidosa Conrad p. 4
1919Pteropsis lapidosa Harris p. 178
1957Kymatox lapidosa Stenzel p. 126
1965Pteropsella lapidosa Palmer and Brann p. 287
2002Pteropsella lapidosa Kosnik

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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
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyAnatinellidaeDeshayes 1853
subfamilyKymatoxinaeStenzel and Krause 1957
genusPteropsellaVokes 1956
specieslapidosa(Conrad 1846)

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.

†Pteropsella lapidosa Conrad 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:05:18
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:05:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Georgia) Pteropsella lapidosa (4868)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Pteropsella lapidosa (1440 81241 81258)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mexico (Tamaulipas) Pteropsis lapidosa (42975 42977 42997 42998 43042 43045)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Pteropsella lapidosa (91838 91839)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Pteropsella lapidosa (92378 99099) Pteropsis lapidosa (92485 92486 92488)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Pteropsella lapidosa (92272 92275 92350 98769)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Pteropsella lapidosa (90469 92267 98355)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Pteropsella lapidosa (90709 92172)