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Codakia (Ctena) decussata

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina decussata was named by Costa (1829) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Lucina (Jagonia) decussata by Dolfus and Dautzenberg (1909); it was recombined as Codakia (Jagonia) decussata by Cossmann and Peyrot (1912); it was recombined as Ctena (Ctena) decussata by Malatesta (1963); it was recombined as Codakia (Ctena) decussata by Freneix et al. (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. erosa, C. muirensis, C. haidingeri, Ctena vendryesi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Lucina decussata Costa
1909Lucina (Jagonia) decussata Dolfus and Dautzenberg p. 257
1912Codakia (Jagonia) decussata Cossmann and Peyrot p. 680
1963Ctena (Ctena) decussata Malatesta p. 296
1988Codakia (Ctena) decussata Freneix et al. p. 418

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusCodakiaMörch 1860
subgenusCtena
speciesdecussata(Costa 1829)

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: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:59:17
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:02:20
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Ctena decussata (111599)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland Ctena decussata (51689 51690 51691 70539)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria Ctena decussata (60288 60289 60291)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia Ctena decussata (73137)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland Ctena decussata (51687)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Hungary Ctena decussata (34739)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Spain Codakia decussata (69788)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Codakia decussata (70786 70862 70864 70882 70884 70886)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Codakia decussata (34723 69860)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Ctena decussata (122994)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Ctena decussata (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Ctena decussata (173663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Ctena decussata (76579)