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Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina papyria was named by Conrad (1833). Its type specimen is ANSP 30528, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tellina (Peronidia) papyria by Dall (1900); it was recombined as Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria by Palmer and Brann (1965) and Kiessling (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Tellina papyria Conrad p. 41
1900Tellina (Peronidia) papyria Dall p. 1015
1919Tellina papyria Harris p. 159
1965Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria Palmer and Brann p. 307
2003Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria Kiessling

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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)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusTellinaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusEurytellina(Fischer 1887)
speciespapyria(Conrad 1833)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:35:26
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:35:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

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

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Tellina papyria (81183)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Tellina papyria (1435 81224 81254 81258)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Tellina papyria (205440)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Tellina papyria, Tellina papyria (205439)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Tellina papyria (2413)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Tellina papyria (2418 2421 2422 2453 5311 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 90469 90603 98355)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Tellina papyria (5344 5354 92485 92488 99100)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Tellina papyria (2449 90709)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Tellina papyria (205422)