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Tivelina

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Tivelina was named by Cossmann (1886) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9218 Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Mi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 705].

It was reranked as Pitaria (Tivelina) by Olsson (1928).

It was assigned to Pitaria by Olsson (1928); to Meretricinae by Cox et al. (1969), Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Tivelina Cossmann p. 119
1928Pitaria (Tivelina) Olsson p. 87
1969Tivelina Cox et al. p. N675
1977Tivelina Adegoke p. 289
1980Tivelina Vokes p. 169
1995Tivelina Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183
2002Tivellina Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
genusTivelinaCossmann 1886

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. †Tivelina Cossmann 1886
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Tivelina analoga Deshayes 1857
Tivelina baudoni Cossmann 1886
Tivelina capsuloides Cossmann 1886
Tivelina coislinensis Cossmann 1907
Tivelina delicatina Vokes 1939
Tivelina deltoidea Lamarck 1806
Tivelina deltoidea curionii Deshayes 1857
Tivelina dixoni Deshayes 1857
Tivelina dixoni humerosa Deshayes 1857
Tivelina ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977
Tivelina gibbosula Deshayes 1857
Tivelina idriaensis Vokes 1939
Tivelina nuculoides Cossmann 1882
Tivelina parameces Cossmann and Pissarro 1905
Tivelina rustica Deshayes 1825
Tivelina siliqua Olsson 1928
Tivelina sphenarium Bayan 1873
Tivelina subquadrangularis Cossmann and Pissarro 1905
Tivelina tellinaria Lamarck 1906
Tivelina vaderensis Dickerson 1915
Tivelina vincentiana Cossmann 1882
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 66.00000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) T. sp., T. trigonalis, T. texana (205466)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria T. ewekoroensis (7791)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria T. newtoni (41394) T. sp. (46260)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria (Imo) T. sp. (42655)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Peru (Piura) Pitaria siliqua (88360)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Oregon) T. vaderensis (200870 200875 200878 200892)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Yvelines) T. gibbosula (177970 177971 177972)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) T. idriaensis (200731)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Macrocallista vaderensis (207129) T. vaderensis (52204 52207 203164)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Meretrix rustica (3494)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) T. depressa (9067 9073 9076 9077 9078 9079 9098 9114 9127 9130 9131 9132 9133 9134 9135 9169 9171 9172 9173 9174 9177 9179) T. depressa, T. stampinensis (9181) T. depressa, T. stampinensis, T. sp. (9193 9266 9267 9268 9269) T. stampinensis, T. depressa, T. sp. (9180)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Essonne) T. depressa (9129) T. depressa, T. stampinensis, T. sp. (9270)