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Quenstedtia
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Veneroida
Superfamily:
Tellinacea
Family:
Quenstedtiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Quenstedtia Morris & LYCETT, 1855
Type Species:
Pullastra oblita Phillips, 1829, SD STOLICZKA, 1871
Images
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Fig. E119,3a. *Q. oblita (Phillips), M.Jur., Eng., LV ext., X1 (Phillips, 1829), Fig. E119,3b,c. Q. rodborensis (Lycett, 1851), M.Jur., Eng., 3b.c, RV int., LV int., X0.5 (Arkell, 1934)
Synonyms
Corbicella
Geographic Distribution
Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.
Ending International Stage:
Callovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
161.53
Description
Sculpture of irregular concentric ribs, hinge with 1 cardinal in LV, socket and faint AII in front of it, RV with 1 socket and incipient cardinal, lateral teeth otherwise wanting, posterior adductor scars rounded, anterior elongate and sinuate, pallial sinus small, rounded
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Veneroida
Superfamily:
Tellinacea
Family:
Quenstedtiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Quenstedtia Morris & LYCETT, 1855
Type Species:
Pullastra oblita Phillips, 1829, SD STOLICZKA, 1871
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. E119,3a. *Q. oblita (Phillips), M.Jur., Eng., LV ext., X1 (Phillips, 1829), Fig. E119,3b,c. Q. rodborensis (Lycett, 1851), M.Jur., Eng., 3b.c, RV int., LV int., X0.5 (Arkell, 1934)
Synonyms
Corbicella
Geographic Distribution
Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.
Ending International Stage:
Callovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
161.53
Description
Sculpture of irregular concentric ribs, hinge with 1 cardinal in LV, socket and faint AII in front of it, RV with 1 socket and incipient cardinal, lateral teeth otherwise wanting, posterior adductor scars rounded, anterior elongate and sinuate, pallial sinus small, rounded