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Lirophora

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Lirophora Conrad
1940Chione (Lirophora) Mansfield p. 199
1941Chione (Lirophora) Pilsbry and Olsson p. 9
1982Lirophora Woodring p. 703
1992Lirophora Perrilliat p. 18
1992Lirophora Ward p. 104
2001Lirophora Todd
2002Lirophora Sepkoski
2012Lirophora Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 780

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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
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusLirophoraConrad 1863

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. Lirophora Conrad 1863
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Subg. †Lirophora (Panchione) Olsson 1964
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Invalid names: Lepas injudicata Pilsbry 1918 [synonym], Venus (Chione) ebergenyii Böse 1906 [synonym]
Lirophora dalli Olsson 1914
Lirophora holocyma Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Lirophora hotelensis Olsson 1922
Lirophora mariae d'Orbigny 1846
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Invalid names: Chione (Lirophora) gorgona Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 [synonym]
Lirophora parkeria Glenn 1904
Lirophora vredenburgi Ward 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-04 16:36:50
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:36:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (365 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Venezuela L. baldryi, L. quirosensis (134847)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Venezuela L. baldryi (134866 134867)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Chione perduensis (205613)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Chione sp. (169205) Chione victoria (5867 5941 5942 5943 5944 5947 5948 6002 7113 74078 74079 74083)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Haiti Chione sp. (61198)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Mississippi) Chione perduensis (205805)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama L. quirosensis (42609 42626 42628 42630 42631 42632)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru Chione hendersoni (66141)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Maranhao) Chione agraria (112596)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Chama paphia, Chama agraria (65162 112590) Chione agraria (60980 112582) Chione praepaphia, Chione penthesileae, Chione agraria (60979)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru (Tumbes) Chione latilirata, Chione hendersonii (59001)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ecuador (Guayas) Chione latilirata (61063) Chione sp. B (61061)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Chione latilirata (92764)
Early/Lower Miocene - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) L. latilirata (173047)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Maryland) Chione latilirata (70591 79101 79102)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama L. quirosensis (42611) L. sp. (42615 42619) L. sp. a (49493)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Chione burnsii (41760 42250 42281 42290 42328 42366 42443) Chione burnsii, Chione sellardsi (42225) Chione ceramota (42685) Chione glyptocyma (42605 42642 42656 42657 42663 42682) Chione sellardsi, Chione glyptocyma (42482 42677) L. funiakensis (68971)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) L. latilirata (18579)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) L. quirosensis (156356 160770)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Chione latilirata (60379) L. parkeria (71634 71647)