Source Data | |
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Rank | species (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Tellina : Tellina cumana |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Tellina cumana | species | belongs to Tellina | stated without evidence | Costa, 1829 | Tellina cumana | species | belongs to Macoma | implied | Davies, 1973 |
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Status (PBDB) | extant |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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First Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma Miocene |
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Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Tellina) |
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Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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Diet | deposit feeder (based on Tellina) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Tellinidae) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | O. Davies. 1973. Pleistocene shorelines in the Western Cape and South-West Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):719-765 |
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