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Gouldia costaricensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Gafrarium altum costaricensis was named by Olsson (1922). Its type specimen is PRI 21339, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Gafrarium (Gouldia) altum costaricensis by Palmer (1927); it was recombined as Gouldia costaricensis by Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Gafrarium altum costaricensis Olsson p. 234 figs. pl. 32, figs. 19, 22
1926Gafrarium (Gouldia) phacotum Gardner p. 159 figs. pl. 25, fig. 11
1927Gafrarium (Gouldia) altum costaricensis Palmer p. 101
1982Gouldia costaricensis Woodring p. 682

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyGouldiinae(Stewart 1930)
genusGouldiaAdams 1847
speciescostaricensis()

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.

Gouldia costaricensis Olsson 1922
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Invalid names: Gafrarium (Gouldia) phacotum Gardner 1926 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:34:44
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:34:44
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Tortonian or 13.82000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Gafrarium phacotum (43022 43023 43024)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Gouldia costaricensis (93145 93147 93159 93160 93171 93172 93174 93176 93177 93224)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Gouldia costaricensis (145249 145251 145255 145339 145343 145345 145357)