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Alveinus

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliellidae

Taxonomy
Alveinus was named by Conrad (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 700,1248]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Kelliellidae by Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Alveinidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Alveinus Conrad
1980Alveinus Vokes p. 158
1982Alveinus Woodring p. 678
2002Alveinus Sepkoski
2010Alveinus Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyGlossoidea(Gray 1847)
familyKelliellidaeFischer 1887
genusAlveinusConrad 1865

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. †Alveinus Conrad 1865
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†Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865
†Alveinus rotundus Dall 1900
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Invalid names: Alveinus abundans Olsson 1964 [synonym], Alveinus micculus Gardner 1926 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: EP/IS, MA, UN/BA, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 08:03:31
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:03:31
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) A. minutus (7788 7789 83950 84337 178054)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) A. minutus (205520 205533) A. sp. (205454 205496 205532 205537) A. sp., A. spp. (205527) A. spp. (205440)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) A. minutus (1282 1283 1284 1285 1288 1290 1291 1422 1423 1424 1425 1426 1428 1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) A. minutus (1416 1417 1418 1419 1420 1421) A. sinutus (1294)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) A. minutus (1413 1414 1415 90652 205501)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) A. minutus (90474 90600 98272 205489)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) A. minutus (90704 91097 92393 99632 205526)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) A. minutus (91087 205410 205484) A. sp. (205266 205267 205422 205430 205433 205480)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) A. minutus (32925)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama A. rotundus (49490)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) A. rotundus (41760 42223 42328 42366)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama A. rotundus (52173)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland A. nitidus (51689 51690 51691)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria A. nitidus (60288)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) A. micculus (42870 43014 43032 43046 94810 111204 136943)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama A. rotundus (52170 52174 93051 93056 93144 93145 93146 93147 93148 93149 93150 93160 93162 93163 93164 93173 93175)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) A. rotundus (145210 145251) A. sp. (79792 79996 79997 136014)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador A. rotundus (96441)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) A. abundans (60640 60662 60675)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia A. sp. (70084)