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Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina rotundata was named by Montagu (1803) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; widespread from eastern Atlantic to Indian Ocean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Diplodonta rotundata by Wood (1850), Wood (1850), Tiwari and Kachhara (2003) and Schneider et al. (2005); it was recombined as Lucina rotundata by Reeve (1850); it was recombined as Taras rotundata by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Taras (Diplodonta) rotundata by Mukerjee (1939); it was recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata by Freneix et al. (1988) and Moths et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Tellina rotundata Montagu p. 71 figs. pl. 2, fig. 3
1850Lucina rotundata Reeve p. 36
1850Diplodonta rotundata Wood p. 144
1930Taras rotundata Stewart pp. 193-194
1939Taras (Diplodonta) rotundata Mukerjee p. 9
1988Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Freneix et al. p. 419
2003Diplodonta rotundata Tiwari and Kachhara p. 85
2005Diplodonta rotundata Schneider et al. p. 114
2010Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Moths et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyUngulinoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyUngulinidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusDiplodontaBronn 1831
subgenusDiplodontaBronn 1831
speciesrotundata(Montagu 1803)

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: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:03:37
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:05:01
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria (Upper Austria) Diplodonta rotundata (55237)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria Diplodonta rotundata (77734)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria (Lower Austria) Diplodonta rotundata (55242)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Diplodonta rotundata (78641)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria Diplodonta rotundata (180379)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Diplodonta rotundata (111599)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Diplodonta rotundata (60288 60312)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Diplodonta rotundata (61904)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Diplodonta rotundata (51690 51691)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Diplodonta rotundata (95167)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) Diplodonta rotundata (37378)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Diplodonta rotundata (69860 70890)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Diplodonta rotundata (69864 70860 70864 70879 70882 70885 70886)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Diplodonta rotundata (86801 86802)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Diplodonta rotundata (84755 84763 84795 84992)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Diplodonta rotundata (84759)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Diplodonta rotundata (86803)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen Diplodonta rotundata (55369 55373 55382)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Diplodonta rotundata (127586)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Diplodonta rotundata (98205)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Turkey Diplodonta rotundata (78333)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Diplodonta rotundata (96787)