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Fossacallista eburnea

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cytherea eburnea was named by Tate (1887) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Fossacallista eburnea by Darragh (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Cytherea eburnea Tate p. 160 figs. pl. 18, fig. 7
1970Fossacallista eburnea Darragh p. 136

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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
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
genusFossacallistaMarwick 1938
specieseburnea()

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.

Fossacallista eburnea Tate 1887
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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: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Cytherea eburnea (72206 72210)