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Etea occidentalis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae

Taxonomy
Etea occidentalis was named by Dailey and Popenoe (1966). Its type specimen is UCLA 40404 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4147, Jalama Creek, which is in a Campanian offshore sandstone/shale in the Jalama Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Etea occidentalis Dailey and Popenoe p. 22 figs. Pl. 1, Figs. 2 - 3, 7 - 8

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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
superfamilyArcticoidea(Newton 1891)
familyArcticidaeNewton 1891
genusEteaConrad 1873
speciesoccidentalis

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.

Etea occidentalis Dailey and Popenoe 1966
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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 12:26:58
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:26:58
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Etea occidentalis (1511 1512 1519 1525 1526 1528 1536 1548 type locality: 1552)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Etea occidentalis (1354)