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Lucina colusaensis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina colusaensis was named by Stanton (1895). Its type specimen is USNM 23057 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tehamatea colusaensis by Kiel (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Lucina colusaensis Stanton p. 60 figs. PI. XI, figs. 4 and 5
2013Tehamatea colusaensis Kiel p. 349

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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
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusLucinaBruguière 1797
speciescolusaensis

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.

Lucina colusaensis Stanton 1895
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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: 2004-02-29 17:00:32
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:59:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Hauterivian or 152.10000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (California) Lucina colusaensis (151980)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0USA (California) Tehamatea colusaensis (205234)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9USA (California) Tehamatea colusaensis (151971)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4USA (California) Tehamatea colusaensis (151969)