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Diodora cayenensis

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Taxonomy
Fissurella cayenensis was named by Lamarck (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Fissuridea cayenensis by Maury (1922); it was recombined as Diodora cayenensis by Weisbord (1962), Perrilliat (1972), Rosenberg (2005) and Massemin et al. (2009).

Synonyms
  • Fissurella alternata was named by Say (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Fissuridea alternata by Vaughn (1919); it was recombined as Diodora alternata by Mansfield (1939); it was synonymized subjectively with Diodora cayenensis by Weisbord (1962) and Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Fissurella cayenensis Lamarck p. 12
1822Fissurella alternata Say
1859Fissurella alternata Holmes p. 94
1919Fissuridea alternata Vaughn
1922Fissuridea cayenensis Maury p. 166
1939Diodora alternata Mansfield p. 25
1962Diodora cayenensis Weisbord p. 50
1972Diodora cayenensis Perrilliat p. 20
2005Diodora cayenensis Rosenberg
2009Diodora cayenensis Massemin et al. p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
subfamilyFissurellinaeFleming 1822
tribeDiodorini(Odhner 1932)
genusDiodoraGray 1821
speciescayenensis(Lamarck 1822)

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.

Diodora cayenensis Lamarck 1822
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Invalid names: Fissurella alternata Say 1822 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: majorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: grazerg
Diet 2: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:41:08
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:45:53
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Fissuridea henekeni (58867)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Diodora cayenensis (61297)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Diodora cayenensis (41543 41544 41554)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Carabobo) Diodora cayenensis (41540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Diodora cayenensis (131210 131217 131218 131237 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico Diodora cayenensis (77714)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Diodora alternata (58522 69089 69090 69093 69094)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Diodora cayenensis (41501 41718 61309 79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Diodora cayenensis (60944) Fissuridea alternata (92408)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Fissuridea alternata (80304)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Fissuridea alternata (75422)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Fissurella alternata (66768 66769 66775)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Diodora cayenensis (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Diodora cayenensis (67961 67962 67966)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Diodora cayenensis (80676)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Diodora cayenensis (61310 67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Diodora cayenensis (80407 80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Diodora cayenensis (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Diodora cayenensis (61311 96538) Fissurella alternata (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Diodora cayenensis (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Diodora cayenensis (66755 66756 66758 66760) Fissurella alternata (66757)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Diodora cayenensis (131223)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Diodora cayenensis (41935 92776)