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Tagelus (Tagelus)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae

Taxonomy

Tagelus (Tagelus) was named by Gray (1847). It is extant. Its type is Solen adansonii.

It was assigned to Tagelus by Woodring (1982).

Subtaxa

Tagelus (Tagelus) adansonii (syn. Solen guineensis), Tagelus (Tagelus) affinis (syn. Tagelus violascens), Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus, Tagelus (Tagelus) orthius

Species lacking formal opinion data

Tagelus whitei

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1847	Tagelus (Tagelus) Gray
1982	Tagelus (Tagelus) Woodring p. 674

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Tellinoidea	(Blainville 1814)
family	Solecurtidae	d'Orbigny 1846
genus	Tagelus	Gray 1847
subgenus	Tagelus	Gray 1847

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.

Subg. Tagelus (Tagelus) Gray 1847

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Tagelus (Tagelus) adansonii Bosc 1801

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Invalid names: Solen guineensis Wood 1815 [synonym]

Tagelus (Tagelus) affinis Adams 1852

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Invalid names: Tagelus violascens Carpenter 1857 [synonym]

Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus Conrad 1837

†Tagelus (Tagelus) orthius Woodring 1982

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 14:24:22

Modified:

2009-09-09 16:24:22

Source: g = genus, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (26 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Panama	Tagelus orthrius (42557 92982)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	USA (Florida)	Tagelus sp. (68970)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	USA (California)	Tagelus californianus (96543)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	USA (California)	Tagelus californianus (168757)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Solecurtus californianus (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Mexico (Sonora)	Tagelus californianus (96556 96557) Tagelus sp. (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Solecurtus californianus (222674) Tagelus affinis (96936) Tagelus californianus (22632 28157 59063 96589 96895 96939 222659 222660 222661 222662) Tagelus californicus (160361 219029 219030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Mexico	Tagelus californicus (147802 147803)