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Petricola lapicida

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus lapicida was named by Gmelin (1792). It is extant. It is the type species of Petricola.

It was recombined as Petricola lapicida by Vokes (1976), Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Venus lapicida Gmelin
1976Petricola lapicida Vokes p. 163
1982Petricola lapicida Woodring p. 709

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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
familyPetricolina(Deshayes 1839)
genusPetricolaLamarck 1801
specieslapicida(Gmelin 1792)

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.

Petricola lapicida Gmelin 1792
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: boringg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:31:33
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:31:33
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 Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Petricola lapicida (41552)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Petricola lapicida (131210 131217)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Petricola lapicida (79331)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Petricola lapicida (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Petricola lapicida (96943 96945)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Petricola lapicida (97606 97609)