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Antigona (Ventricola)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Ventricola was named by Römer (1867). It is extant.

It was reranked as Cytherea (Ventricola) by Dall (1902); it was reranked as Venus (Ventricola) by Vredenburg (1928), Freneix et al. (1988); it was reranked as Antigona (Ventricola) by Anderson (1929).

It was assigned to Cytherea by Dall (1902); to Antigona by Anderson (1929); to Venus by Vredenburg (1928), Freneix et al. (1988); and to Venerinae by Rosenberg (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Ventricola Römer
1902Cytherea (Ventricola) Dall p. 381
1928Venus (Ventricola) Vredenburg p. 451
1929Antigona (Ventricola) Anderson p. 168
1988Venus (Ventricola) Freneix et al. p. 432
2005Ventricola Rosenberg

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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
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusAntigonaSchumacher 1817
subgenusVentricola(Römer 1867)

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. Antigona (Ventricola) Römer 1867
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.71000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Antigona undosa (71161 71162 71164 71166 71167 71168 71169 71170 71171 71173 71174 71175 71177 71178 71181)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (California) Antigona undosa (71183 71186 71188 71189 71192 71195 71196)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Venus multilamella (77157 77401)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Venus multilamella (77159)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Antigona undosa (122273)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Antigona thalestris, Antigona sanctaenoctis (60979)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Greece Venus multilamella (72305)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Cyprus Venus multilamella (71882)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Israel Ventricola burdigalensis (99604)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Cyprus Venus verrucosa (71883)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Venus multilamella (72310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Vanuatu Antigona vitiensis (77902)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Spain Venus multilamella (69788 69789)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece Venus multilamella (72311)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Venus multilamella (72318)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) Cytherea multilamella (209253)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece Venus multilamella (72414 72415)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt Antigona orientalis (101634)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Yemen Antigona orientalis (55375 55377)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) Venus sp. (41606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Venus verrucosa (127616 127619)