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Aphrodina

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Aphrodina was named by Conrad (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi T Eo-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Veneridae by Skwarko (1967); to Pitarinae by Vokes (1980); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Aphrodina Conrad
1967Aphrodina Skwarko p. 21
1980Aphrodina Vokes p. 170
2002Aphrodina Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCallocardiinae(Dall 1895)
genusAphrodinaConrad 1869

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.

G. †Aphrodina Conrad 1869
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Aphrodina (Aphrodina) plebeia Kendrick and Vartak 2007
Aphrodina angustosinuosa Riedel 1933
Aphrodina dutrugei Coquand 1862
Aphrodina gabonensis Dartevelle and Freneix 1957
Aphrodina plana Sowerby 1813
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Danian or 140.20000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (254 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Argentina A. quintucoensis (44679)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Australia (Western Australia) A. woodwardiana (162297 162301)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Mozambique A. euglypha (174621 174802 174816 174817 174819)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) A. sp. (37561)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Cytherea fabulina (98227)
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Callistina plana (51674 51675)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Callistina plana (6280 51673)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Jersey) A. johnsoni (6649 6651)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Afghanistan (Takhar) A. plana (78084)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan (Ishikari) A. pseudoplana (39578 39652 40212)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Afghanistan (Takhar) A. plana (78087)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Russian Federation (Sakhalin) A. pseudoplana (39569)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Japan A. pseudoplana (40607)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India A. plebeia (228245)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) A. munda (54118 54155)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Bolivia A. sp. (229871)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India A. fabulina (228246) A. plebeia (228244)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Jordan A. durtrugei (140950)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan (Ishikari) A. pseudoplana (39577 39669 40218)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) A. sp. (167600)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon A. dutrugei (209528) A. sp., A. dutrugei, A. angustosinuosa (209526)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) A. sp. (200337)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Cameroon A. wohltmanni (209684) Cytherea plana (209694)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Peru A. sp. (61997)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) A. sp. (88810 88811)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Cameroon Callistina angustosinuosa (209662)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Gabon A. gabonensis, A. dutrugei (175358)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) A. regia (190554 190555) A. sp. (7610 7617 7619 123474 190579) A. tippana, A. regia, A. sp. (87677)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1New Zealand A. sp. (63093 63094)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) A. wilckensi (3640 3641 3642)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Japan (Kochi) A. hataii (40609)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan A. sp. (82384)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) A. sp. (6121)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) A. regia (6664) A. sp. (6660) A. sp. 1 (32139 32140 32141 32142)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) A. tippana (55245 76745)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) A. eufaulensis (6171 6175 6176) A. tippana (6156 6157)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Peru A. pacifica (62033)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) A. tippana (88357)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) A. tippana (7467)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) A. cretacea (3870) A. eufaulensis (3883)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India A. lacinata, A. minutula, A. sculpturata (1351)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0New Zealand Tikia wilckensi (1341)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) A. tippana (1348)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Alabama) A. eufaulensis, A. tippana (1307) A. sp., A. eufaulensis, A. tippana (1308) A. tippana (1352)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Missouri) A. tippana (1295)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Japan (Hyogo) A. izumensis (39576)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Netherlands A. plana (1326)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Bulgaria A. polymorpha (1332)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Chile A. quiriquinae (1314)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Cuba A. sp. (1374)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Egypt A. angustosinuosa (1363)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mozambique A. madagascariensis (1376)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Libya A. minutula (1370)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) A. sp., A. tippana (1311)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Austria A. cretacea (1379)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Russian Federation (Sakhalin) A. sp. (1333)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina A. australis, A. sp. (1371)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) A. navarroana (7570) A. tippana (1296 1299 1300 1301 1392 4535 4601 7480 7494 7524 7564 205446)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Colombia A. quiriquinae, A. tippana (1375)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Georgia) A. sp., A. tippana (1309)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Tunisia A. tissoti (1365)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) A. sp. (205445)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) A. thomsoni (74010 74011 74012 74013 74014 74015 74017 74027 74039 74061 74070 74074 74089 74090 74091) A. thomsoni, A. wilckensi (74016 74019 74020 74022 74087) A. wilckensi (74029 74030 74035)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Venezuela A. sp. (1362)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) A. tippana (1310)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Peru A. quiriquinae, A. pacifica, Sechurina australis (1336)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Algeria A. angustosinuosa (1344)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) A. eufaulensis (1313)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico A. tippana (1356)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) A. sp. (1304) A. tippana (1303 1391 205512)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Japan A. izumensis (1396)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) A. tippana (1302)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) A. thomsoni (74092 74093 74094 74095 74105 74106 74107 74108 74109 74112 74113 74114 74115 74118 74122 74126 74127 74185)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) A. sp. (4265 4266 4277 4279 4282 4310 4341) A. tippana (4278)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) A. sp. (4250 4255 4262 4264 4270 4274) A. tippana (4286)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Peru A. pacifica (62037)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) A. tippana (4101 4104 4105 4112 4113 4118)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) A. tippana (4352)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) A. eufaulensis, A. tippana (4126) A. sp. (4129 4147 4148 4172) A. sp., A. tippana (4137) A. tippana (4122 4125 4127 4128 4134)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) A. tippana (4401 4488)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) A. wilckensi (73946)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Missouri) A. tippana (4382 4383 4385 4386)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) A. sp. (4381)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) A. eufaulensis, A. tippana (4237) A. sp. (4216 83225) A. tippana (83238)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) A. burckhardti (74133 74136 74147 74169) A. burckhardti, A. wilckensi (74138) A. wilckensi (74132 74134 74135 74137 74148 74149 74163 74164 74166 74167 74168 74170 74171)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Neuquén) A. burckhardti (73985) A. burckhardti, A. wilckensi (73920 73921 73922) A. wilckensi (73885 73915 73917 73919 73925 73936 73973 73976 73977 73978 73979 73980 73981 73987 73988 74002 74006 74008)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (La Pampa) A. burckhardti (5160)