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Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina elegans was named by Defrance (1823) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Miltha (Cavilucina) elegans by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904); it was recombined as Phacoides (Cavilucina) elegans by Cossmann (1906); it was recombined as Phacoides elegans by Feuguer (1951); it was recombined as Monitilora elegans by Moore (1969); it was recombined as Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans by Glibert (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. duponti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Lucina elegans Defrance
1904Miltha (Cavilucina) elegans Cossmann and Pissarro
1906Phacoides (Cavilucina) elegans Cossmann p. 151
1951Phacoides elegans Feuguer p. 229
1969Monitilora elegans Moore p. N501
1985Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans Glibert p. 279

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyMyrteinaeChavan 1969
genusMonitiloraIredale 1930
subgenusMonitiloraIredale 1930
specieselegans(Defrance 1823)

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 mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium Monitilora elegans (77608)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Lucina elegans (42583)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Monitilora elegans (3258)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium Monitilora elegans (77611 77612 77613)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Monitilora elegans (8124)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Monitilora elegans (78567)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Miltha elegans (3494)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Lucina elegans (42586 42640)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria Miltha elegans (103757)