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Laciolina magna

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina magna was named by Spengler (1798) [DISTRIBUTION: Plesitocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Laciolina magna by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Tellina magna Spengler
1815Tellina acuta Wood
1818Tellina elliptica Lamarck
1879Tellina floriana Hilber
1910Macoma elliptica Cossmann and Peyrot
2001Macoma (Psammacoma) elliptica Harzhauser and Mandic
2008Laciolina magna Hendy et al.

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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
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
subfamilyTellininaeBlainville 1814
genusLaciolinaIredale 1937
speciesmagna(Spengler 1798)

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.

Laciolina magna Spengler 1798
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Invalid names: Tellina acuta Wood 1815 [synonym], Tellina elliptica Lamarck 1818 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:44:14
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:16:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the to the top of the Holocene or 122.46000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Lebanon Tellina elliptica (69180)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Macoma elliptica (8211)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria Macoma elliptica (77737)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Macoma elliptica (62882)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Slovakia Macoma elliptica (160736)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Netherlands Macoma elliptica (186883 186884)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Macoma elliptica (61896 61901 61902 61905 61906 62885 62886 62887 62888 62891)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Pisa) Macoma elliptica (88328)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Tellina magna (61309)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Tellina magna (67947)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Tellina magna (209855)