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Abra (abra)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Abra Lamarck p. 492
1904Abra Glenn p. 295
1969Abra da Silva Forti p. 94
1980Abra Vokes p. 151
1982Abra Woodring p. 678
1987Abra Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992Abra Lamprell and Whitehead p. 116
1999Abra Wienrich p. 248
2002Abra Sepkoski
2005Abra Schneider et al. p. 102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familySemelidaeStoliczka 1870
genusAbraLamarck 1818

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.

G. Abra Lamarck 1818 [abra]
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Subg. Abra (Abra) Lamarck 1818
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†Abra (Abra) petropolitana Stenzel 1957
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†Abra (Syndosmya) cygnea Jeffery and Tracey 1997
†Syndosmya deltoidea Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya depressa Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya difficialis Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya exilis Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya lamberti Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya macrodonta Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya media Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya obtusa Deshayes 1857
†Syndosmya striatula Deshayes 1857
Abra aequalis Say 1822
Abra alba Wood 1802
Abra angulata Holmes 1860
†Abra antwerpiensis Glibert 1945
†Abra deshayesi Bosquet 1864
†Abra fabalis Wood 1850
†Abra marylandica Glenn 1904
†Abra nitens Lea 1833
†Abra obovalis Wood 1840
†Abra recluzii Deshayes 1857
†Abra suessoniensis Deshayes 1857
Abra uruguayensis Pilsbry 1897
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Diet 2: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DS according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2004-02-29 18:19:21
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:33:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (305 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Abra sp. (8105)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Abra cygnea (3267) Abra splendens (3260 3268 8025 76601)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium Abra suessoniensis (77608)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Abra nitens (83804)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Mississippi) Abra nitens (2415)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Abra nitens (1453 205421 205496) Abra sp. (205436 205440 205503)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Louisiana) Abra nitens (1455) Abra sp. (1454)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Yvelines) Abra pusilla (177972)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium Abra suessoniensis (77611)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Abra recluzii, Abra deshayesi (8124)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Abra nitens (1435 1441 1443 1444) Abra sp. (1442)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) Abra nitens (2412) Abra petropolitana (41436)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Abra nitens (1283 1286 1287 1288 1290 1293 1423 1424 1430 1432 1433 1434) Abra sp. (1427)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Abra nitens (1419)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Abra nitens (2444 2446 2449 2451 90643 164232) Abra perovata (92393)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Abra nitens (1413)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Abra nitens (205422 205481) Abra petropolitana (7437 7438 7439 90656) Abra sp. (205267 205271 205410 205414 205433 205480) Abra sp., Abra nitens (205484) Abra sp., Abra petropolitana, Abra nitens (205430)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Abra nitens (2453 2454 81266 90600) Abra sp., Abra nitens (205489)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Abra deshayesi (3494)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Essonne) Abra elegans (9133 9175 9181 9193) Abra elegans, Abra sp. (9177 9179) Abra sp. (9067 9073 9076 9078 9079 9098 9114 9127 9131 9132 9135 9169 9171 9173 9174 9266 9267 9268) Abra sp., Abra elegans (9180)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Abra pectorosa (5501 5612 5779 5787 6002) Abra perovata (6005 98525 101191)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04France (Essonne) Abra sp. (9129)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark (Jutland) Abra bosqueti (9176)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark (Jylland) Abra bosqueti (9170)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Germany Abra sp. (171410)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Grenada Abra sp. (58640)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Abra sorgenfreii (62883) Abra sorgenfreii, Abra antwerpiensis (62882)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Abra lehmanni, Abra sorgenfreii (62884)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Abra lehmanni (62903) Abra sorgenfreii (62936 62953)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Abra berchemensis, Abra bojei, Abra sorgenfreii, Abra antwerpiensis (111599)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) Abra sp. (156794)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Abra lapochi (41760 42443)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Belgium Abra antwerpiensis (114830)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Abra sp. (157919 157931)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Netherlands Abra lehmanni (186883 186884)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Abra antwerpiensis (61900) Abra lehmanni (61906 62885 62887 62891 62892) Abra lehmanni, Abra sorgenfreii (61895 61897 61904 61905 62886) Abra lehmanni, Abra sorgenfreii, Abra antwerpiensis (61896) Abra sorgenfreii (61898 61901 61902 61907 62867) Abra sorgenfreii, Abra antwerpiensis (61903)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Belgium Abra antwerpiensis (95167)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Abra cylicion (42692 43023 111204)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Abra longicalla (79353)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Belgium Abra antwerpiensis (77858 77860)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kazakhstan Abra alba (174760)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand Abra sp. (63089)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Ukraine (Ternopol') Abra reflexa (46116)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Romania Abra reflexa (183538)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Abra lioica (145254)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Georgia Abra tellinoides (45926)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Abra lioica (93060) Abra sp. (136016 145520 145523)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark (Jutland) Abra prisma (34521)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Abra sp. (74912)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark Abra prismatica (98312)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium Abra antwerpiensis (77862 77863 77868)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Abra alba (168730)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania Abra reflexa (35124 38594)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Abra aequalis (60409 60410 60411 60644 60646 60647 60649 60650 60654 60655 60659)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Abra prismatica, Abra alba (84755)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Abra prismatica (86801 86802)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Abra sp. (74964)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Abra sp. (135832)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Abra aequalis (59329 59330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Iceland Abra sp. (79910)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Abra prismatica, Abra alba (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Ryukyu) Abra sp. (41602)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Abra aequalis (59484 59486) Abra subreflexa (80037)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Abra aequalis (58893 58895 59307 59309 59310)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Abra deutera, Abra triangulata (58522 69090) Abra deuterea, Abra triangulata (69089) Abra sp., Abra triangulata (69093)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Abra lioica (131210 131218)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Abra alba (84798) Abra alba, Abra obovalis (84759) Abra prismatica, Abra alba, Abra fabalis (84764)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) Abra sp. (79998)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Abra pellucida (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Abra sp. (61336 79772 79794 79983 79988 79989 135876 135885)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Abra prismatica (86803) Abra prismatica, Abra alba (86804 86805)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) Abra subreflexa, Abra aequalis (71138)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Belgium Abra alba (86807)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) Abra alba (97963 97964 97965 97966 98036 98037 98038 98039 98040 98041) Abra digitaria, Abra alba (97962) Abra ovata, Abra alba (97967 97968 97969) Abra sp., Abra alba (98034)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Abra aequalis (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial)2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Abra aequalis (211182 211183)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Abra aequalis (58897 59315 59316 59317 60986 60987 60988 60989 80033)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Abra aequalis (41501 61309 75005 79331)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Abra aequalis (59313)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan Abra hakushatonensis (97028)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Abra aequalis (7108)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Abra aequalis (80083) Abra angulata (203376)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Abra prismatica (84854)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Abra aequalis (41705)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Abra sp. (77008)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Abra aequalis (67069 80046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Abra aequalis (20604 20606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Türkiye Abra segmentum (78332 78333)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Abra aequalis (66751 66752 69045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Abra uruguayensis (195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Abra aequalis (57704 57705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Abra nitida (64027 64028 64031 64033) Abra ovata, Abra nitida (64001) Abra sp. (64126)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Abra alba (98196 98197 98199 98200 98201)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Abra aequalis (60927 60928 66760 69046 79956 79957) Abra angulata (66758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Abra aequalis (41740 69034 96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Abra prismatica (56803) Abra prismatica, Abra alba (56806)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Abra aequalis (72121 72122)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New York) Abra aequalis (66382)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Mississippi) Abra aequalis (92522 92524 92525)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Abra aequalis (41935 41936 41940 92774 92775 92776)