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Megangulus bodegensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina bodegensis was named by Hinds (1844). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tellina (Peronidia) bodegensis by Clark and Arnold (1923), Coan et al. (2000) and Moore (2003); it was recombined as Megangulus bodegensis by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. luteus, M. zyonoensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Tellina bodegensis Hinds
1895Tellina bodegensis Ashley p. 344
1923Tellina (Peronidia) bodegensis Clark and Arnold p. 149
1950Tellina bodegensis Woodring and Bramlette
2000Tellina (Peronidia) bodegensis Coan et al. p. 404
2003Tellina (Peronidia) bodegensis Moore figs. plate 3, figure 4
2021Megangulus bodegensis 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)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusMegangulusLinnaeus 1758
speciesbodegensis(Hinds 1844)

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: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:08:38
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:59:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Canada (British Columbia) Tellina bodegensis (63087 206743)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Tellina bodegensis (206370)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Tellina bodegensis (216433 216867 216900)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Tellina bodegensis (189762 207656 207701 207723 207724)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Tellina bodegensis (201624)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Tellina bodegensis (138723 222663 222664 222998)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Tellina bodegensis (222646 223009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Tellina bodegensis (67641 67642 67643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Tellina bodegensis (59063 96895 160361 222659 222660 222661 222662 222674)