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Elliptio

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Taxonomy
Elliptio was named by Rafinesque (1819). It is extant.

It was assigned to Elliptionidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species
E. (Plesielliptio)
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. galvensis, E. sulfuriensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Elliptio Rafinesque
2010Elliptio Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—UniomorphiGray 1854
—UnioniGray 1854
—UnionataGray 1854
orderUnionida(Stoliczka 1871)
suborderUnionidinaGray 1854
superfamilyUnionoidea(Fleming 1828)
familyUnionidaeRafinesque 1820
subfamilyAmbleminaeRafinesque 1820
tribePleurobeminiHannibal 1912
genusElliptioRafinesque 1819

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.

G. Elliptio Rafinesque 1819
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Subg. †Elliptio (Plesielliptio) Russell 1934
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†Protelliptio (Plesielliptio) priscus Meek and Hayden 1856
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:29:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:29:05
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Thanetian or 125.77000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Aragón) E. galvensis (68494)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Canada (British Columbia) E. sulfuriensis (87448)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arizona) Plesielliptio sp. (68255 68256)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Sonora) Plesielliptio sp. 1 (91376 91377)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Plesielliptio sp. (179645)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Plesielliptio sp. (14502)
Edmontonian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Unio priscus (71487)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Plesielliptio priscus (14569)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Plesielliptio brachyopisthus, Plesielliptio postbiplicatus, Plesielliptio whitfieldi (192041)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (Utah) Plesielliptio sp. (14739 14748)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Plesielliptio priscus (22879 22880 22883 22918 22926)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Protelliptio priscus (125070)