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Batissa

Bivalvia - Venerida - Corbiculidae

Taxonomy
Batissa was named by Gray (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo R Sepkoski's reference number: 93]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cyrena (Batissa) by Noetling (1901), Nagao (1928).

It was assigned to Cyrena by Noetling (1901), Nagao (1928); to Corbiculidae by Vokes (1980), Lamprell and Healy (1998); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
B. (Cyrenobatissa), B. crawfurdi, B. dubia, B. kodungensis, B. newberryi, Cyrena (Batissa) ponderosa
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. antiqua, B. keraudrenia, B. magna, B. violacea, Corbicula hukayai, Corbicula sitakaraensis, Cyrena subtrigonalis
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Kosnik on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Batissa Gray
1901Cyrena (Batissa) Noetling p. 184
1928Cyrena (Batissa) Nagao p. 108
1980Batissa Vokes p. 162
1998Batissa Lamprell and Healy p. 182
2002Batissa Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
—NeoheterodonteiTaylor et al. 2007
orderVenerida(Gray 1854)
superfamilyCorbiculoideaGray 1847
familyCorbiculidaeGray 1847
genusBatissaGray 1853

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. Batissa Gray 1853
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†Batissa crawfurdi Noetling 1895
†Batissa dubia White 1889
†Batissa kodungensis Noetling 1901
†Batissa newberryi White 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-05 10:15:18
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:45:39
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 137.05000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.6 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Japan B. antiqua (116160)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation B. magna (50039)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04Japan (Nagasaki) Cyrena ponderosa (203223)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan Cyrena ponderosa (203229)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Japan (Nagasaki) Cyrena ponderosa (203224)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Japan Cyrena ponderosa (203230)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Indonesia Cyrena subtrigonalis (78563)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) B. newberryi, B. dubia (43352)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Myanmar B. crawfurdi, B. kodungensis (76592)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia B. keraudrenia (70084)