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Dosinia dunkeri

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Cytherea dunkeri was named by Philippi (1844). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dosinia dunkeri by DeVries and Wells (1990), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. angulosa, D. bensoni, D. juvenilis, D. lambata, D. meridionalis, D. ongleyi, D. steinmanni, D. striatissima, D. troscheli, D. whitleyi, D. lambata, D. cuspidata, D. palmeriae, D. ongleyi, D. kaneharai, D. kaneharai, D. mackayi, D. waiparaensis, D. maoriana, D. owadaensis

Synonyms

Artemis simplex was named by Hanley (1845). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dosinia dunkeri by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1844	Cytherea dunkeri Philippi
1845	Artemis simplex Hanley p. 11
1990	Dosinia dunkeri DeVries and Wells p. 178
2012	Dosinia dunkeri Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 825
2021	Dosinia dunkeri Hendy

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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
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Venerinae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Dosiniini	(Deshayes 1858)
genus	Dosinia	Scopoli 1777
species	dunkeri	(Philippi 1844)

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.

Dosinia dunkeri Philippi 1844

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Invalid names: Artemis simplex Hanley 1845 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-04 16:34:29

Modified:

2009-09-04 18:34:29

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 Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene	23.04 - 11.63	Mexico (Baja California Sur)	Dosinia dunkeri (43809)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	USA (California)	Dosinia dunkeri (96539 96542 96546)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Mexico (Sonora)	Dosinia dunkeri (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene	0.129 - 0.0	Panama (Panama)	Dosinia dunkeri (160395)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Peru	Dosinia dunkeri (97641)