Donax Linnaeus 1758 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Donacidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

See also da Silva Forti 1969, Farinati 1985, Kensley 1972, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Moore 2003, Mukerjee 1939, Olsson 1931, Prasad 2008, Schneider et al. 2005, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Adelodonax, Deltachion, Egerella, Hemidonax, Iphigenia, Macrodonax, Notodonax, Plebidonax, Protodonax, Tentidonax

Subtaxa: Donax (Capsella) Donax (Chion) Donax (Cuneus) Donax (Donax) Donax (Grammatodonax) Donax (Hecuba) Donax (Latona) Donax (Machaerodonax) Donax (Paradonax) Donax (Plebidonax) Donax (Serrula) Donax (Tembrockia) Donax acutus Donax asper Donax bezanconi Donax carinatus Donax cuneatus Donax deltoides Donax denticulatus Donax faba Donax flexuosus Donax fossor Donax foucardi Donax funerata Donax gonioides Donax haughtoni Donax hilairea Donax idoneus Donax incerta Donax latus Donax obesulus Donax petersoni Donax politus Donax rugosus Donax scrippsensis Donax securiformis Donax serra Donax striatus Donax texasianus Donax triangulata Donax trigonulus Donax trueloides Donax trunculus Donax veneriformis Donax vittatus Donax wiedenmayeri

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Type: Donax rugosa

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Belgium (1), Brazil (4), Chile (2), Colombia (1), Djibouti (2), France (1), India (1), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Mexico (5), Morocco (7), Mozambique (1), Namibia (8), the Netherlands (6), Panama (1), Peru (3), South Africa (9), Spain (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (69: California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (3)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), Belgium (1), Chile (1), Ecuador (2), Italy (3), Jamaica (2), South Africa (7), Trinidad and Tobago (16), the United Kingdom (4), United States (8: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (5)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Colombia (11), the Dominican Republic (4), France (2), Germany (1), Grenada (1), India (3), Iran (5), Japan (1), Panama (8), Poland (3), Romania (1), South Africa (1), Ukraine (1), United States (14: California, Delaware, Florida, New Jersey, South Carolina), Venezuela (2)

• Oligocene of China (1), Peru (1), United States (11: Mississippi, North Carolina)

• Eocene of France (2), Peru (3), United States (3: California, Texas)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)

• Triassic of Italy (1)

Total: 272 collections including 327 occurrences

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