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Arcinella antiquata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae

Taxonomy
Chama antiquata was named by Guppy (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Caribbean.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Echinochama antiquata by Dall (1903), Olsson (1922), Woodring (1925), Weisbord (1929), Anderson (1929) and Barrios (1960); it was recombined as Arcinella antiquata by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Chama antiquata Guppy p. 294
1903Echinochama antiquata Dall pp. 1404-1405 figs. pl. 54, fig. 9
1922Echinochama antiquata Olsson p. 218
1925Echinochama antiquata Woodring p. 106
1929Echinochama antiquata Anderson p. 161
1929Echinochama antiquata Weisbord p. 10
1960Echinochama antiquata Barrios p. 249
1982Arcinella antiquata Woodring p. 611

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyChamoidea(Blainville 1825)
familyChamidaeBlainville 1825
genusArcinellaSchumacher 1817
speciesantiquata(Guppy 1866)

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.

†Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:35:40
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:35:40
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 47.80000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene47.8 - 28.4Haiti Echinochama antiquata (173456)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Arcinella antiquata (74958)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Echinochama antiquata (60684)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Arcinella antiquata (74935)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Echinochama antiquata (88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti Echinochama antiquata (60106 60108 60114)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Arcinella antiquata (74915 74957)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Echinochama antiquata (88296 97682 97692)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Arcinella antiquata (75042)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Arcinella antiquata (74933 74966 74967 75036 75037 75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Echinochama antiquata (133223 133229)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Echinochama antiquata (58815 58818 58819)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Arcinella antiquata (74964 74965)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Arcinella antiquata (69089 69093) Echinochama antiquata (58522)