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Pholadomya falconensis

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Taxonomy
Pholadomya falconensis was named by Hodson and Hodson (1927). Its type specimen is PRI 21993, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. aequalis, P. agassizi, P. agassizii, P. agrioensis, P. agrioensis, P. agrioensis, P. albina, P. alpina, P. ambiguus, P. ambiqua, P. anatina, P. angustata, P. anterumbonis, P. arenacea, P. ashikitensis, P. aubreyi, P. aubri, P. avellana, P. bellona, P. belviderensis, P. brevitesta, P. canaliculata, P. caudata, P. coahuilensis, P. coloradensis, P. coloradoensis, P. compta, P. conradi, P. constricta, P. cordata, P. cornueliana, P. crassa, P. cuneata, P. deltoidea, P. divionensis, P. dp., P. elisabethae, P. elliptica, P. escheri, P. fabrina, P. favrina, P. foliacea, P. franciscae, P. gillieroni, P. givensis, P. glabra, P. goldenensis, P. gracilis, P. granulosa, P. harrisi, P. hemicardia, P. heraulti, P. hesterna, P. hortulana, P. houghti, P. idea, P. inaequiplicatus, P. indica, P. ingens, P. intermedia, P. jamaicensis, P. japonica, P. kachchhensis, P. kamtschatica, P. kasimiri, P. kingi, P. konincki, P. konincki, P. leonensis, P. lineata, P. lucerna, P. lyrata, P. majanatschensis, P. marrotiana, P. martini, P. mauryi, P. media, P. minuta, P. moeschi, P. murchinsoni, P. murchisoni, P. neozelanica, P. nodulifera, P. papyracea, P. parcicosta, P. petropolitana, P. picteti, P. plagemani, P. plagemanii, P. plagemanni, P. pongensis, P. qunuana, P. reticulata, P. romani, P. rostrata, P. rostrata, P. rustica, P. saidi, P. salzbergensis, P. sanctacrucis, P. sanctae-crucis, P. scaphoides, P. semicostata, P. simpsoni, P. spectoensis, P. subaffinis, P. sublevis, P. suspensa, P. takashimaensis, P. takashimensis, P. tigris, P. tigroides, P. tippana, P. triboleti, P. tuberculata, P. turunagai, P. uniformis, P. uralensis, P. utcholokensis, P. vaticana, P. ventricosa, P. villanyensis, P. villersensis, P. weissi, P. woodvardi, P. woodwardi, P. puschii, P. aubryi, P. brevitesta, P. cornueliana, P. fontainei, P. lirata, P. miyamotoi, P. somensis, P. subpedelnalis, P. ornata, P. constricta, P. laitmairensis, P. uitoe, P. aequalis, P. alpina, P. beaumontensis, P. deltoidea, P. douville, P. douvillei, P. hesterna, P. japonica, P. kachchhensis, P. konincki, P. konioki, P. murchinsoni, P. norini, P. oretiensis, P. rectidorsata, P. reticulata, P. romani, P. socialis, P. tuberculata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Pholadomya falconensis Hodson and Hodson p. 44 figs. pl. 26, fig. 6
1982Pholadomya falconensis Woodring p. 720

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPholadomyida()
superfamilyPholadomyoideaKing 1844
familyPholadomyidaeKing 1844
genusPholadomyaSowerby 1823
speciesfalconensisHodson and Hodson 1927

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 falconensis Hodson and Hodson 1927
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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 Middle Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 15.98000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Pholadomya falconensis (42598 93050)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Pholadomya falconensis (61026)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Pholadomya falconensis (145332)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Venezuela Pholadomya falconensis (96485)