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Pholadomya aubryi

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Taxonomy

Pholadomya aubryi was named by Douville (1886). Its type locality is Hatchamie, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. agrioensis, P. angustata, P. anterumbonis, P. aubri, P. bellona, P. coahuilensis, P. coloradoensis, P. cordata, P. deltoidea, P. foliacea, P. franciscae, P. hemicardia, P. intermedia, P. kamtschatica, P. kingi, P. leonensis, P. murchisoni, P. plagemani, P. plagemanii, P. plagemanni, P. weissi, P. cornueliana, P. constricta, P. uitoe, P. hudsoni, P. alpina, P. beaumontensis, P. oretiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1886	Pholadomya aubryi Douville

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Pholadomyida	()
superfamily	Pholadomyoidea	King 1844
family	Pholadomyidae	King 1844
genus	Pholadomya	Sowerby 1823
species	aubryi

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.

†Pholadomya aubryi Douville 1886

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

deep infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-10-09 06:48:13

Modified:

2009-10-10 16:18:40

Source: f = family, c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Oxfordian or 170.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bajocian	170.3 - 168.3	Saudi Arabia	Pholadomya aubryi (45266 45269)
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	Saudi Arabia	Pholadomya aubryi (45519 48142 48303 48341 48404 48448)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Saudi Arabia	Pholadomya aubryi (45539 234953)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Ethiopia	Pholadomya aubryi (type locality: 94589)
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	Somalia	Pholadomya aubryi (92962 93013 93020)
Oxfordian	163.5 - 157.3	Saudi Arabia	Pholadomya aubryi (234934 234954 234955)
Oxfordian	163.5 - 157.3	Ethiopia	Pholadomya aubryi (93487)