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Here excavata

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina excavata was named by Carpenter (1857) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Oligocene-Recent; California-Mexico.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Lucina (Here) excavata by Gabb (1866), Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Here (Here) excavata by Moore (1988); it was recombined as Here excavata by Addicott (1973), Coan et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Lucina excavata Carpenter p. 248
1866Lucina (Here) excavata Gabb
1866Lucina (Here) richthofeni Gabb p. 29 figs. pl. 8, figs. 49
1907Phacoides richthofeni Arnold p. 543
1930Lucina (Here) excavata Stewart p. 181 figs. Plate 15, fig. 3; pl. 17, fig. 5
1931Lucina richthofeni Hoots p. 100
1932Phacoides (Here) richthofeni Loel and Corey p. 210 figs. Plate 36, figure 4
1973Here excavata Addicott p. 27
1988Here (Here) excavata Moore p. D13 figs. Plate 3, figures 5-14
2000Here excavata Coan et al. p. 263

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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
genusHere(Gabb 1866)
speciesexcavata(Carpenter 1857)

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.

Here excavata Carpenter 1857
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Invalid names: Phacoides (Here) richthofeni Gabb 1866 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 38.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Here excavata (194440)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (California) Here excavata (52801)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (California) Phacoides richthofeni (71161 71162 71170 71174)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) Here excavata (72406 72407 72408 219730 219733 219735)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Here excavata (94859) Phacoides richthofeni (71216 71217 238142 238143 238189 238213 238215 238217 238234 238239 238242 238262)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Here excavata (195079)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Lucina richthofeni (237500 237565 237577)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Lucina excavata (44985)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333USA (California) Here excavata (97234)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Here excavata (194803 194888)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Here excavata (97209 97233 97236 97242)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Here excavata (214259 214260 214263)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Here excavata (238616 238622 238623 239463 239465 239468 239469 239470 239575 239576 239578 239579 239580) Lucina excavata (238418 238421 238435 238437 238460 238580 238606 238607 238609)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Lucina excavata (122752)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Here excavata (214255)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Here excavata (96594)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Here excavata (96566) Lucina excavata (59063 160361 219030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Here excavata (67613)