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Tellina (Angulus) joaquinensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy

Tellina joaquinensis was named by Arnold (1909) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocene-Eocene; Eastern Pacific.]. Its type specimen is USNM 165619, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tellina (Angulus) joaquinensis by Moore (2003).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1909	Tellina joaquinensis Arnold p. 49 figs. 4: 11
1999	Tellina joaquinensis Squires p. 22
2003	Tellina (Angulus) joaquinensis Moore figs. plate 4, figure 11

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Tellinoidea	(Blainville 1814)
family	Tellinidae	Blainville 1814
subfamily	Tellininae	Blainville 1814
genus	Tellina	Megerle 1811
subgenus	Angulus
species	joaquinensis	()

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.

†Tellina (Angulus) joaquinensis Arnold 1909

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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 13:34:37

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:34:37

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (California)	Tellina joaquinensis (52420 52426)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (California)	Tellina joaquinensis (210283 210285 210286 210287 210289 210290 210292)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Oregon)	Tellina joaquinensis (200892 200911)