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Louella fitchi

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Steinmanellidae

Taxonomy
Trigonia fitchi was named by Packard (1921). Its type specimen is Condon Museum type number 7 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Litschkovitrigonia fitchi by Saul (1978), Haggart et al. (2005); it was recombined as Louella fitchi by Cooper and Leanza (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Trigonia fitchi Packard p. 20 figs. Plate 6, Figure 3; Plate 7, Figure 2
1958Trigonia branneri Anderson p. 112 figs. Plate 17, figure 5
1978Litschkovitrigonia fitchi Saul pp. 53 - 55 figs. Pl. 12, figs. 1 -7; text fig. 20, table 12
2005Litschkovitrigonia fitchi Haggart et al. fig. 6.12
2017Louella fitchi Cooper and Leanza

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyMyophorelloidea(Kobayashi 1954)
familySteinmanellidaeCooper 1991
subfamilyYaadiinae
genusLouella
speciesfitchi()

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.

Louella fitchi Packard 1921
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Invalid names: Trigonia branneri Anderson 1958 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:34:20
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:34:20
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Trigonia fitchi, Trigonia leana (44212)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Litschkovitrigonia fitchi (239787 239796)