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Eupera

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae

Taxonomy
Eupera was named by Bourguignat (1854). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Sphaeriidae by Wesselingh (2006); and to Euperinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Eupera Bourguignat pp. 224-226
2006Eupera Wesselingh
2010Eupera Bouchet et al.

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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
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
DreissenoiteiMoore 1952
superfamilySphaerioideaDeshayes 1854
familySphaeriidaeDeshayes 1855
subfamilyEuperinae(Heard 1965)
genusEuperaBourguignat 1854

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.

G. †Eupera Bourguignat 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:30:15
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:30:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Peru E. sp. (143046)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Brazil E. sp. (141848)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Eupera indet. (22076 22084 22097 22102)