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Abra (Abra) prismatica

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Taxonomy
Ligula prismatica was named by Montagu (1808). It is extant.

It was recombined as Abra prismatica by Wood (1850) and Wood (1882); it was recombined as Abra (Abra) prismatica by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. cylicion, A. digitaria, A. lapochi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Ligula prismatica Montagu
1850Abra prismatica Wood p. 239
1882Abra prismatica Wood
2007Abra (Abra) prismatica Hendy

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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)
familySemelidaeStoliczka 1870
genusAbraLamarck 1818
subgenusAbraLamarck 1818
speciesprismatica(Montagu 1808)

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: deposit feederg
Diet 2: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:19:21
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:33:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Abra prismatica (98312)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Abra prismatica (86801 86802)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Abra prismatica (84755)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Abra prismatica (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Abra prismatica (84764)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Abra prismatica (86803 86804 86805)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Abra prismatica (84854)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Abra prismatica (56803 56806)