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Pleuromya calceiformis

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae

Taxonomy

Pleuromya calceiformis was named by Phillips (1875).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. aequata, P. angusta, P. crassa, P. curta, P. didimtuensis, P. exarata, P. jurassi, P. lata, P. latarugata, P. mactroides, P. musculoides, P. nitens, P. oblongata, P. pseudoelongata, P. serotina, P. sichotica, P. simplex, P. spitiensis, P. submusculoides, P. triangularis, P. unioniformis, P. uralensis, P. voltzii, P. xiangensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1875	Pleuromya calceiformis Phillips

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Pholadiformii	Gray 1854
order	Pholadida	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pleuromyoidea	Dall 1900
family	Pleuromyidae	Dall 1900
genus	Pleuromya	(Meek 1873)
species	calceiformis	Phillips 1875

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.

†Pleuromya calceiformis Phillips 1875

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilec

Life habit:

infaunalc

Diet:

suspension feederc

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2004-02-28 11:33:36

Modified:

2010-02-12 03:59:35

Source: c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Oxfordian or 170.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (17 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bajocian	170.3 - 168.3	Poland	Pleuromya calceiformis (124921)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	France (Champagne-Ardenne)	Pleuromya calceiformis (96187)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	France (Picardie)	Pleuromya calceiformis (96150 96160)
Middle Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	France (Champagne-Ardenne)	Pleuromya calceiformis (96166 96167 96168 96189)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	France (Champagne-Ardenne)	Pleuromya calceiformis (96172 96190)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	France (Picardie)	Pleuromya calceiformis (96152)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	India	Pleuromya calceiformis (68657)
Late/Upper Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	India	Pleuromya calceiformis (68598 68601)
Oxfordian	163.5 - 157.3	China (Qinghai)	Pleuromya calceiformis (37882 37890)
Late/Upper Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Tanzania	Pleuromya calceiformis (36326)