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Diplodonta orbella

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina orbella was named by Gould (1851). It is extant.

It was recombined as Taras orbellus by Clark (1931); it was recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) orbella by Moore (1988); it was recombined as Diplodonta orbellus by Powell and Stevens (2000); it was recombined as Diplodonta orbella by Loel and Corey (1932), Coan et al. (2000), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. catopotium, D. elatia, D. leptodoma, D. sphaeromorpha

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Lucina orbella Gould p. 90
1857Diplodonta semiaspera discrepans Carpenter p. 248
1931Taras orbellus Clark pp. table opp. p. 30
1932Diplodonta orbella Loel and Corey p. 213 figs. Plate 36, figures 8a, 8b, 9
1988Diplodonta (Diplodonta) orbella Moore p. D27 figs. Plate 8, figures 12-15
2000Diplodonta orbella Coan et al. p. 270
2000Diplodonta orbellus Powell and Stevens
2012Diplodonta orbella Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 738
2021Diplodonta orbella Hendy

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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
superfamilyUngulinoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyUngulinidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusDiplodontaBronn 1831
speciesorbella(Gould 1851)

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.

Diplodonta orbella Gould 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:03:37
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:05:01
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Diplodonta orbella (50041)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Diplodonta orbella (71215 71216 71217 71218 71219 71220 71223 71226 91374)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Diplodonta orbella (70562)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Diplodonta orbella (44934 44936 44940)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation Diplodonta orbella (70444)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Diplodonta orbella (96590 96592)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Diplodonta orbella (96565)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Taras orbellus (201624)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Diplodonta orbella (37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Diplodonta orbella (138723 202647 222663) Diplodonta orbellus (71053) Taras orbellus (203108)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Diplodonta orbella (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Diplodonta orbella (222660 222662) Diplodonta orbellus (160361) Taras orbellus (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Diplodonta orbella (44963 96559)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Diplodonta orbella (96591)