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Psammotreta tenuicula

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina tenuicula was named by Philippi (1887) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; Chile.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Psammotreta tenuicula by Frassinetti (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Tellina tenuicula Philippi p. 135 figs. pl. 26, fig 7
1997Psammotreta tenuicula Frassinetti p. 73

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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
subfamilyMacominaeOlsson 1961
genusPsammotretaDall 1900
speciestenuicula(Philippi 1887)

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.

Psammotreta tenuicula Philippi 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:36:56
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:36:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Chile Psammotreta tenuicula (79201 79204 79205 79206 79207 79213)