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Lamelliconcha cora

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Pitar cora was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1911). Its type specimen is ANSP (no number), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) cora by Palmer (1927); it was recombined as Lamelliconcha cora by Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Pitaria baumanni, Pitaria perarcana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Pitar cora Brown and Pilsbry p. 370 figs. pl. 28, fig. 3
1927Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) cora Palmer p. 47
1982Lamelliconcha cora Woodring p. 688

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCallocardiinae(Dall 1895)
genusLamelliconchaDall 1902
speciescora()

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.

†Lamelliconcha cora Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:36:41
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:36:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 23.03000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ecuador (Guayas) Lamelliconcha cora (96513)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru (Tumbes) Pitaria cora (58999)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Guayas) Lamelliconcha cora (96516)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Lamelliconcha cora (52173)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Lamelliconcha cora (145250 145332 145334 145337 145351 145352 145357 145567)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Lamelliconcha cora (52169 52171 52176 82116 82125 93053 93054 93145 93146 93147 93150 93164 93167 93168 93171)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador Lamelliconcha cora (96441)