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Erycina (Erycina) depressa

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae

Taxonomy
Cyclas depressa was named by Nyst (1836). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lepton depressum by Wood (1850); it was recombined as Erycina (Erycina) depressa by Marquet (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Cyclas depressa Nyst p. 36 figs. pl. 5, figs. 5, 6
1850Lepton depressum Wood p. 116
2005Erycina (Erycina) depressa Marquet

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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)
superfamilyLeptonoidea(Gray 1847)
familyErycinidaeGray 1847
genusErycinaLamarck 1805
subgenusErycinaLamarck 1805
speciesdepressa(Nyst 1836)

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: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:30:44
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:30:44
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Erycina depressa (86801 86802)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Lepton depressum (84755)