Avicula Bruguière 1791 (clam)

Bivalvia - Aviculidae

Parent taxon: Aviculidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

See also Stanton 1895, Tate 1886 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxon: Aviculinae

Subtaxa: Avicula (Oxytoma) Avicula aculeata Avicula aequivalvis Avicula alternans Avicula angulosa Avicula arcoidea Avicula arcuata Avicula aspera Avicula atlantica Avicula azzarola Avicula beisseli Avicula bifrons Avicula bittneri Avicula boeckhi Avicula bronni Avicula carinthiaca Avicula caudata Avicula caudataeformis Avicula cingulata Avicula cortinensis Avicula cosmeta Avicula crispata Avicula dalailamae Avicula decipiens Avicula depressa Avicula deshayesi Avicula destefanoi Avicula difficilis Avicula dunkeri Avicula eximia Avicula falcata Avicula frechii Avicula gainsana Avicula gallensteini Avicula gastrodes Avicula gessneri Avicula geyeri Avicula glaberrima Avicula globulus Avicula grabovicensis Avicula gregaria Avicula gregoryi Avicula hallensis Avicula hofmanni Avicula homfrayi Avicula insolita Avicula janiriformis Avicula japodica Avicula kautzkyi Avicula keyserlingi Avicula kokeni Avicula kossmati Avicula kutassyi Avicula laczkoi Avicula launsdorfiensis Avicula lineata Avicula loomisi Avicula lorata Avicula miljacensis Avicula mucronata Avicula muensteri Avicula nitida Avicula nodosa Avicula obtusa Avicula ochotica Avicula oldroydii Avicula pannonica Avicula pellucida Avicula plicatostriata Avicula problematica Avicula prosslinensis Avicula pseudofrederici Avicula roguensis Avicula salomoni Avicula seisiana Avicula sinemuriensis Avicula soperi Avicula spinicosta Avicula sturoides Avicula tarentina Avicula tofanae Avicula trigonata Avicula zeuschneri

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Type: Cassianella gryphaeata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: South Carolina collection)

• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (1)

• Miocene of Vanuatu (1)

• Eocene of Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: California)

• Cretaceous of Cameroon (1), France (2), Germany (2), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (4: California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon)

• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1), France (1), Germany (2), Italy (4), Madagascar (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: California), Yemen (1)

• Triassic of Austria (7), Bosnia and Herzegovina (4), Germany (4), Hungary (13), Indonesia (2), Italy (22), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (2), Slovenia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (4: Alaska, California, Nevada), Vietnam (1)

• Permian of Italy (2)

• Carboniferous of Australia (1)

• Devonian of United States (1: New York)

Total: 108 collections including 169 occurrences

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