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Donax (Latona)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae

Taxonomy

Latona was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Donax (Latona) by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).

It was assigned to Donacidae by Vokes (1980); to Donax by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa

Donax (Latona) capparis, Donax (Latona) cuneatus, Donax (Latona) faba, Donax (Latona) parisiensis, Donax (Latona) prosopsis

Species lacking formal opinion data

Donax abesconi, Donax acutangula, Donax aemulus, Donax aequalis, Donax aequilibrata, Donax bertini, Donax bipartitus, Donax brightonensis, Donax burdigalensis, Donax burnupi, Donax chipolanus, Donax columbella, Donax dentiferus, Donax dentiger, Donax emmonsi, Donax emmonsi, Donax fabagelloides, Donax francisensis, Donax gonoides, Donax intermedia, Donax lanceolata, Donax lennoxi, Donax lennoxi, Donax levesquei, Donax longissimus, Donax lucidus, Donax madagascariensis, Donax marensis, Donax navicula, Donax oweni, Donax parvula, Donax peruvianus, Donax priscus, Donax roemeri, Donax rogersi, Donax scortum, Donax stoffelsi, Donax subovatum, Donax transversa, Donax truncatus, Donax tumida, Donax vagus, Donax valhosierr, Donax valhosierr, Donax variabilis, Donax variegatus, Donax variegatus, Donax venustus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1817	Latona Schumacher
1980	Latona Vokes p. 147
1995	Donax (Latona) Le Renard and Pacaud p. 71
2002	Latona Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Tellinoidea	(Blainville 1814)
family	Donacidae	Fleming 1828
genus	Donax
subgenus	Latona	(Schumacher 1817)

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.

Subg. Donax (Latona) Schumacher 1817

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†Donax (Latona) capparis Olsson 1928

†Donax (Latona) cuneatus Linnaeus 1758

†Donax (Latona) faba Gmelin 1791

†Donax (Latona) parisiensis Deshayes 1857

†Donax (Latona) prosopsis Olsson 1928

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 14:23:15

Modified:

2009-09-09 16:23:15

Source: g = genus, c = class

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Langhian or 56.00000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	France (Aisne)	Donax levesquei (177669)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Peru (Piura)	Donax capparis (88369)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Oise)	Donax parisiensis (3494)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Peru (Piura)	Donax prosopsis (88362)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Japan	Latona sp. (44958)