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Cymbophora nitidula

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy

Tellina nitidula was named by Meek and Hayden (1861).

It was recombined as Mactra (Cymbophora) nitidula by Meek (1876); it was recombined as Cymbophora nitidula by Speden (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. appressa, C. araucana, C. asburnerii, C. berryi, C. cancellosa, C. canonensis, C. conradi, C. emmonsi, C. ezoensis, C. gracilis, C. hetonaiensis, C. holmesi, C. huerfanensis, C. inflata, C. lintea, C. puteana, C. saccellana, C. scabellum, C. schucherti, C. securis, C. simpsonensis, C. spooneri, C. subtilis, C. tellinoides, C. trigonalis, C. utahensis, C. wordeni

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1861	Tellina nitidula Meek and Hayden p. 443
1876	Mactra (Cymbophora) nitidula Meek p. 211 figs. PL 30, figs. 6a-c
1970	Cymbophora nitidula Speden pp. 130 - 131 figs. Plate 33, fig. 1

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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
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Mactroidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Mactridae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Mactrinae	Lamarck 1809
genus	Cymbophora
species	nitidula	(Meek and Hayden 1861)

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.

†Cymbophora nitidula Meek and Hayden 1861

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:48:47

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:48:47

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (Alberta)	Mactra nitidula (82676)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Thailand	Tellina nitidula (67930)