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Callithaca tenerrima

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Tapes tenerrima was named by Carpenter (1857). It is extant.

It was recombined as Paphia tenerrima by Arnold and Hannibal (1913); it was recombined as Paphia (Callithaca) tenerrima by Waterfall (1929); it was recombined as Venerupis tenerrima by Woodring et al. (1940); it was recombined as Protothaca tenerrima by Woodring and Bramlette (1950); it was recombined as Protothaca (Callithaca) tenerrima by Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Callithaca tenerrima by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Tapes tenerrima Carpenter p. 200
1895Tapes tenerrima Ashley p. 344
1913Paphia tenerrima Arnold and Hannibal
1929Paphia (Callithaca) tenerrima Waterfall p. 85
1930Paphia restorationensis Frizzell p. 120
1940Venerupis tenerrima Woodring et al. p. 108
1950Protothaca tenerrima Woodring and Bramlette
2000Protothaca (Callithaca) tenerrima Coan et al. p. 376
2012Callithaca tenerrima Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 756
2021Callithaca tenerrima Hendy

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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
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCallithacaDall 1902
speciestenerrima(Carpenter 1857)

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.

Callithaca tenerrima Carpenter 1857
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Invalid names: Paphia restorationensis Frizzell 1930 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Haiti Tapes tenerrima (61190)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Protothaca tenerrima (194798 194801 194803 194866 194888 194891 194895 195030 195038)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6USA (California) Protothaca tenerrima (39325 39333 39334 39393 39396 39402)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Callithaca tenerrima (97209) Paphia tenerrima (206366 220197 220200)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) Protothaca tenerrima (154115)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Paphia tenerrima (216868 216903)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Venerupis tenerrima (19695)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Protothaca tenerrima (189544)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (California) Paphia tenerrima (220006)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Protothaca tenerrima (189561 189760 189761 189762 189763 189765 207642 207644 207645 207666 207667 207675 207676 207677 207688 207692 207693 207697 207699 207721 207727 207762)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Venerupis tenerrima (201624)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Venerupis tenerrima (96884)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Paphia tenerrima (71059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Protothaca tenerrima (160361) Tapes tenerrima (222659 222660 222661 222662 222674) Venerupis tenerrima (59063)