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Tetrarca boucardi

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Taxonomy
Arca boucardi was named by Jousseaume (1894) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; North Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Arca (Arca) boucardi by Kafanov et al. (2002); it was recombined as Tetrarca boucardi by Vermeij and Amano (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Arca boucardi Jousseaume
1990Arca (Arca) praeboucardi Sinelnikova p. 40 figs. pl. 13, fig. 1a, b
2000Arca boucardi Okutaini p. 847
2002Arca (Arca) boucardi Kafanov et al. p. 3
2002Arca (Arca) praeboucardi Kafanov et al. p. 3
2021Tetrarca boucardi Vermeij and Amano p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCucullaeidaeStewart 1930
genusTetrarcaNordsieck 1969
speciesboucardi(Jousseaume 1894)

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.

Tetrarca boucardi Jousseaume 1894
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Invalid names: Arca praeboucardi Sinelnikova 1990 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-02-17 23:12:32
Modified: 2010-02-18 01:12:32
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Russian Federation Arca praeboucardi (50038 50120)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Russian Federation Arca praeboucardi (49978)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation Arca boucardi, Arca praeboucardi (70473)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Arca boucardi (70472)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Aomori) Arca boucardi (234748)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Fukushima) Arca boucardi (62295)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Niigata) Arca boucardi (89861)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan Arca boucardi (97077)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Yamaguchi) Arca boucardi (62299 62300)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan Arca boucardi (96970 97028 97029)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Arca boucardi (190675)