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Rochefortia reyana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Montacutidae

Taxonomy
Rochefortia reyana was named by Willett (1937). Its type specimen is LACMIP 1046, a shell (right and left valves), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 59, Lincoln Avenue deposit, Playa del Rey, which is in a Pleistocene marginal marine sandstone in the Palos Verdes Sand Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Rochefortia reyana Willett p. 388 figs. Plate 25, figs. 1, 2

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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)
superfamilyLeptonoidea(Gray 1847)
familyMontacutidaeClark 1855
genusRochefortiaAngas 1877
speciesreyana

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.

Rochefortia reyana Willett 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:25:43
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:25:43
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Rochefortia reyana (type locality: 59063 160361 219029)