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Trigonulina bowdenensis

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae

Taxonomy
Verticordia (Trigonulina) bowdenensis was named by Dall (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is USNM 135689, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Trigonulina bowdenensis by Jung (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Verticordia dalli, Verticordia satex

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Verticordia (Trigonulina) bowdenensis Dall p. 1512
1996Trigonulina bowdenensis Jung p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPoromyida(Ridewood 1903)
superfamilyVerticordioideaStoliczka 1871
familyVerticordiidaeStoliczka 1871
genusTrigonulinad'Orbigny 1946
speciesbowdenensis(Dall 1903)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 08:02:01
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:02:01
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.62000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Trigonulina bowdenensis (131491 131519)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Trigonulina bowdenensis (90619 93712 93716 94000 131494 131496 131497 131522 131645 131658 131659)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Trigonulina bowdenensis (74967 75036)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Trigonulina bowdenensis (74968 93691 93715 93733 93737)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Trigonulina bowdenensis (69090 131128) Verticordia bowdenensis (58522)