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Dacryomya tarua

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Dacryomya tarua was named by Skwarko (1973). Its type specimen is CPC 7749, a valve (right valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Ab45, Yuat River, which is in a Carnian marine shale in the Yuat Formation of Papua New Guinea.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Dacryomya tarua Skwarko p. 34 figs. Pl 13, figs 1-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusDacryomya(Agassiz 1840)
speciestarua

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.

Dacryomya tarua Skwarko 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height716.915.818.416.61.03

Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-07-27 04:12:34
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Papua New Guinea Dacryomya tarua (type locality: 137330 137334)