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Clementia (Clementia) papyracea

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus papyracea was named by Gray (1825) [COMMENTS: Middle Miocene-Recent; Indian Ocean; COMMENTS: m. kosnik taxon no: 9943.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Venus (Clementia) papyracea by Vredenburg (1928); it was recombined as Clementia (Clementia) papyracea by Oostingh (1935), Perrilliat (1994), Tomida and Nakamura (2001), Kosnik (2002), Tiwari and Kachhara (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Venus papyracea Gray
1928Venus (Clementia) papyracea Vredenburg p. 455
1935Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Oostingh p. 193
1936Venus papyracea Cox p. 62
1939Venus papyracea Mukerjee p. 23
1980Venus papyracea Iqbal p. 32
1994Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Perrilliat
1996Venus papyracea Jensen p. 47
2001Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Tomida and Nakamura p. 220
2002Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Kosnik
2003Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Tiwari and Kachhara p. 86

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
tribeMeretriciniGray 1847
subfamilyClementiina(Frizzell 1936)
genusClementiaGray 1847
subgenusClementiaGray 1842
speciespapyracea(Gray 1825)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:33:59
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:33:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Clementia papyracea (77453)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Clementia papyracea (76574 78641)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan Clementia papyracea (77459) Venus papyracea (77172 77400 77432)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Somalia Venus papyracea (78953 79079 79098)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Iran Clementia papyracea (79067)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia Clementia papyracea (81717)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Somalia Venus papyracea (79076 79077)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Iran Clementia papyracea (79065)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Philippines Clementia papyracea (70138)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan Venus papyracea (77133) Venus papyracea, Venus papyracea (77154)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Clementia papyracea (70098 70099 70103)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Clementia papyracea (161784)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Pakistan Venus papyracea, Venus papyracea (77398)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India Clementia papyracea (77658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Philippines (Tayabas) Clementia papyracea (41529)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan Clementia papyracea (45507)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Clementia papyracea (70123 84523)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Pakistan Clementia papyracea (55398 55399 55400)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Clementia papyracea (72096)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Philippines (Panay) Clementia papyracea (41650)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan (Kochi) Clementia papyracea (170023)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Pakistan Clementia papyracea (55401)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Eritrea Clementia papyracea (101415)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt Clementia papyracea (101634)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Yemen Clementia papyracea (55372 55373)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Clementia papyracea (101543)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Clementia papyracea (63351)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Clementia papyracea (81094 81100)