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Arcinella

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Arcinella Schumacher p. 217
1887Echinochama Fischer
1925Echinochama Woodring p. 105
1980Arcinella Vokes
1982Arcinella Woodring p. 630
1988Arcinella Moore p. D31
1992Arcinella Perrilliat p. 10
2002Arcinella Sepkoski
2010Arcinella Bouchet et al.

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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

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. Arcinella Schumacher 1817
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Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866
Arcinella arcinella Linnaeus 1767
Arcinella cornuta Conrad 1866
Arcinella draconis Dall 1903
Arcinella trachyderma Pilsbry and Johnson 1921
Arcinella yaquensis Maury 1917
Invalid names: Echinochama Fischer 1887 [synonym]
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
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: ER, IM, CE, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 07:35:40
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:35:40
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Holocene or 113.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (182 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian - Aptian113.0 - 113.0Antarctica (Alexander Island) A. sp. (2079)
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene48.6 - 28.4Haiti Echinochama antiquata (173456)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Pseudochama draconis (60985)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Northern Mariana Islands Echinochama sp. (43371)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) A. callipona, A. praearcinella, A. arcinella, A. yaquensis (65162) A. callipona, A. praearcinella, A. yaquensis (112590) A. yaquensis (112582 112592) Echinochama pristina (60980) Echinochama pristina, Echinochama praearcinella (60979)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Chama draconis (41760 42225 42250 42281 42290 42328 42365 42366 42443)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) A. arcinella (96434)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) A. yaquensis (156334)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama A. sp. (49493)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) A. yaquensis (60144)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Colombia A. yaquensis (106366)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) A. yaquensis (136885 156524 157858 158040 161055 162000)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic A. antiquata (74958)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) A. callipona, A. praearcinella, A. yaquensis (58454)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Manabi) A. arcinella (60754)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Echinochama antiquata (60684)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Michoacan) A. sp. (66163)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) A. arcinella (80018 80021 111204 136943) Chama draconis (42692 43024 68970) Pseudochama arcinella (42801 42813 42870 42872 42875 42884 43036 94810)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Bocas del Toro) A. sp. (135818)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela A. arcinella (130981)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) A. sp. (136007)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic A. antiquata (74935)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama A. acrinella (93159 93160 93162) A. arcinella (52174 82121 82122 82125 93051 93052 93053 93054 93057 93059 93145 93146 93176 93177) A. sp. (136016 145519 145520 145523 145524) Echinochama yaquensis (134661)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) A. arcinella (145255 145278 145337 145341 145342) A. sp. (79780 79784 79785 79791 79984 79995 79996)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador A. arcinella (96441)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) A. arcinella (60640)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica Echinochama yaquensis (134679)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia A. arcinella (131220) Echinochama antiquata (88296 97682 97692)
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 - 5.333Venezuela Echinochama cornuta (92751)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic A. antiquata (74915 74957)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic A. antiquata (75042)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama A. sp. (60692 60695)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) A. sp. (79855)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic A. antiquata (74933 74966 74967 75036 75037 75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador A. arcinella (131293)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Echinochama antiquata (133223 133229)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) A. arcinella (60772)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Echinochama antiquata (58815 58818 58819)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) A. sp. (135839)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) A. arcinella (135043)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) A. californica (96549 96550 96551 96554) Echinochama californica (96542 96546)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) A. sp. A (41554) A. sp. B (41541)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic A. antiquata (74964 74965)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) A. cornuta (60940)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) A. sp. (79982)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Chama californica (66795) Echinochama antiquata (134669 134673)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Echinochama cornuta (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) A. cornuta (60941) Echinochama arcinella (92412)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela A. arcinella (131210 131217)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia (La Guajira) A. arcinella (136994 157969)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) A. arcinella (134768)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica A. antiquata (69089 69093) Echinochama antiquata (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Echinochama arcinella (59484 59485 80037 94809)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) A. sp. (79800 79803 79991)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica A. arcinella (132644) Echinochama antiquata (134653 134664)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) A. cornuta (80033 80034 80035)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Chama californica (66777)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) A. cornuta (69029 80024) A. cornutus (61309) Echinochama arcinella (79331 79786) Echinochama cornuta (41501 41539 41718)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Chama arcinella (150656)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781USA (Florida) Echinochama cornuta (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Florida) A. cornuta (61310 67069) Echinochama arcinella (80046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) A. cornuta (61311 69034 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) A. brasiliana (148417)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Echinochama arcinella (66760)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) A. cornuta (41935 92776)