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Sphaerioidea

Bivalvia - Cardiida

Taxonomy
Sphaerioidea was named by Deshayes (1854). It is extant.

It was assigned to Veneroida by Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006); to Venerida by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Dreissenoitei by Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Sphaerioidea Deshayes
2006Sphaerioidea Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 232
2010Sphaerioidea Bouchet et al.
2011Sphaerioidea Carter et al. p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—DreissenoiteiMoore 1952
superfamilySphaerioideaDeshayes 1854
superfamilySphaerioideaDeshayes 1854

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.

Superfm. Sphaerioidea Deshayes 1854
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Fm. †Kijidae Kolesnikov 1977
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G. †Dayeconcha Wang 1993
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†Dayeconcha elongata Wang 1993
G. †Kija Lebedew 1958
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Subg. †Kija (Wuchangella) Wang 1993
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Fm. †Sibireconchidae Kolesnikov 1977
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G. †Arguniella Kolesnikov 1980
G. †Liaoningia Yu and Dong 1993
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†Liaoningia opima Yu and Dong 1993
G. †Sibireconcha Lebedev 1958
Fm. Sphaeriidae Deshayes 1855
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Subfm. Euglesinae Pirogov and Starobogatov 1974
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G. Euglesa Jenyns 1832
Invalid names: Neopisidiinae Korniushin 1989 [synonym]
Subfm. Euperinae Heard 1965
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G. †Eupera Bourguignat 1854
Subfm. Pisidiinae Gray 1857
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G. Pisidium Pfeiffer 1821 [pea clam]
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Pisidium amnicum Müller 1774
†Pisidium atopum Woodring 1982
†Pisidium bellardii Brusina 1884
Pisidium henslowianum Sheppard 1825
†Pisidium leslieae Firby 1966
†Pisidium medlicottianum Hislop 1859
Pisidium nitidum Jenyns 1832
Pisidium obtusale Lamarck 1818
†Pisidium personatum Malm 1855
Pisidium pulchellum Jenyns 1831
Pisidium pusillum Turton 1819
†Pisidium solitarium Neumayr 1875
Pisidium victoriae Mandahl-Barth 1954
Pisidium vincentianum Woodward 1913
†Pisidium vukovici Neubauer et al. 2013
G. †Sphaerioides Yu and Zhang 1982
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Invalid names: Sphaerioides luanpingensis Yu and Zhang 1982 [synonym]
G. Sphaerium Scopoli 1777 [fingernail clam]
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†Sphaerium cooperi Arnold 1909
Sphaerium hartmanni Jickeli 1874
†Sphaerium nitidum Clessin 1976
Sphaerium rivicola Lamarck 1818
†Sphaerium stewartensis Firby 1966
†Sphaerium tasmanicum Tenison-Woods 1876
Invalid names: Lacustrininae Korniushin 1989 [synonym]
Subfm. Sphaeriinae Deshayes 1855
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Invalid names: Musculiinae Starobogatov 1984 [synonym], Sphaeriastrinae Alimov and Starobogatov 1968 [synonym]
Invalid names: Corneocycladidae Hannibal 1912 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:26:58
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:26:58
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Triassic to the top of the Holocene or 237.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.4 Ma

Collections (131 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4China (Liaoning) Liaoningia opima (201014)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7China (Hubei) Dayeconcha elongata (201023)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Liaoning) Sphaerium sp. 1 (29712)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Sphaerium dayaoense (36973)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Japan (Yamaguchi) Sphaerium anderssoni (40253 40254)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Hebei) Tetoria yixianensis (201151)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Japan (Ishikawa) Sphaerium sp. (32324 50357)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Liaoning) Sphaerium selenginense, Sphaerium jeholense (36972)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Jilin) Arguniella subcentralis, Arguniella lingyuanensis (196770)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Sphaerium selenginense, Sphaerium jeholense (36971)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Pisidiidae indet. (45892 45897) Sphaeriidae indet. (22659 22697 22698 47793) Sphaerium recticardinale (47816)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Sphaerium sp. (22689)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Pisidiidae indet. (45565 45566 45567 45670)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Pisidiidae indet. (59269)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Sphaerium planum (14446)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Pisidiidae indet. (45819 45821 45894)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) Sphaerium beckmani, Sphaerium subellipticum (192041) Sphaerium sp. (142492)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Sphaerium sp. (14514)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Sphaerium sp. (14620)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Pisidium squamula, Sphaerium formosum, Sphaerium fowleri (14569)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Sphaerium sp. (47034)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Sphaerium subellipticum (54105)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Alberta) Sphaerium sp. (22925)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Pisidiidae indet. (34425) Sphaerium formosum, Sphaerium fowleri (22879) Sphaerium fowleri (22885 22912)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Sphaerium sp. (182667)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Nevada) Sphaerium sp. (135745)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Pisidium atopum (42556 42557)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Bosnia and Herzegovina Pisidium bellardii (231252 231253 231256 231257) Pisidium vukovici, Pisidium bellardii (231251)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Pisidium casertanum (126917)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Sphaerium sp. (34615)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Sphaerium rivicola (231125) Sphaerium sp. (231110)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Peru Pisidium sp., Eupera sp. (143046)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Poland Pisidium sp. (231087)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Portugal (Santarém) Pisidium sp. (38137 38139)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Croatia Pisidium sp. (68221 68266)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Brazil Eupera sp. (141848)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Central Anatolia) Pisidium annandalei, Pisidium casertanum (37154) Pisidium personatum (37186)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria Pisidium personatum (231088)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Sphaerium cynodon (19447)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Niederoesterreich) Pisidium personatum (32649)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Pisidium sp., Sphaerium sp. (174455)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Pisidium casertanum (32189)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) Pisidium casertanunt (40758)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Pisidium sp. (172910 199859)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Croatia Pisidium solitarium (185964)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Sphaerium angulare (70097)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Sphaerium cynodon (217347 217348 217349 217350)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Oregon) Pisidium sp. (226540)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Pisidium sp. (51766)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Pisidium sp. (35230 35231 35233 35242) Pisidium sp., Sphaerium sp. (35239) Sphaerium sp. (35240)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Eupera indet. (22076 22084 22097 22102)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Oregon) Pisidium sp., Sphaerium sp. (225472)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Granada) Pisidium sp. (35182 35194 35222)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Sphaerium sp. (207705)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Pisidium sp. (40802)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Sphaerium corneum, Pisidium amnicum (50274)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pisidium sp., Musculium sp. (227396)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Pisidium compressum, Sphaerium simile (20293) Sphaerium sp. (20352 20426)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Sphaerium corneum (36015)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Arizona) Pisidium sp. (190076)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Normandie Region) Sphaerium sp. (36391)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Sphaerium sp. (183080)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Sphaeriidae indet. (20495)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) Pisidium compressum, Pisidium dubium, Pisidium idahoense, Pisidium milium, Pisidium variabile, Pisidium ventricosum, Sphaerium sp., Sphaerium striatinum, Pisidium nitidum (70130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Pisidium subtruncatum (93556)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Sphaerium sp. (93208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Pisidium casertanum, Pisidium nitidum (163070) Pisidium casertanum, Pisidium subtruncatum, Pisidium obtusale, Pisidium vincentianum (163075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sphaerium striatinum (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Pisidium milium, Pisidium ventricosum, Pisidium casertanum (174230) Pisidium ventricosum, Pisidium casertanum (174229)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sphaerium striatinum, Pisidium nitidum (93554)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Rwanda Sphaeriidae indet. (129898)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Sphaerium hartmanni, Pisidium victoriae (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Nevada) Pisidium sp. (224638)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Sphaerium sp. (194846)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Serres) Pisidium sp. (204956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Pisidium sp. (63978 64111 64129) Pisidium sp., Pisidium moitessierianum (64124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Pisidium dubium, Sphaerium striatinum (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Musculium securis (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pisidium compressum (20273)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Pisidium noveboracense, Pisidium abditum, Musculium partineium, Musculium transversum (37788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Sphaerium sp. (63150)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Pisidium sp. (56806)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya (Nak-Elment.Basin) Pisidium indet. (22500)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Pisidium victoriae (22067)