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Cavilinga

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Cavilinga was named by Chavan (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes-l R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Parvilucina (Cavilinga) by Cox et al. (1969); it was reranked as Lucina (Cavilinga) by Dockery (1982).

It was assigned to Parvilucina by Cox et al. (1969); to Lucina by Dockery (1982); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lucinidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Cavilinga Chavan
1969Parvilucina (Cavilinga) Cox et al. p. 499
1982Lucina (Cavilinga) Dockery p. 56
1987Cavilinga Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
2002Cavilinga Sepkoski
2012Cavilinga Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 334

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusCavilingaChavan 1937

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. Cavilinga Chavan 1937
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Cavilinga blanda Dall 1901
Cavilinga lampra Dall 1901
Cavilinga prolongata Carpenter 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DC according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 13:58:42
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:06:31
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Lucina crassiplica (205466)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Lucina imbricolamella (5941 5942 5944 5947) Lucina triloba (6006) Lucina triloba, Lucina imbricolamella (5867 5943)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (South Carolina) Phacoides trisulcatus (92430)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Phacoides trisulcatus (42225 42272 42290 42328 42366 42424 42443 42678)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) C. sp. (158033)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Parvilucina sp. (79984)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Parvilucina scaldensis (86801 86802)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Phacoides trisulcatus (134673)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Phacoides trisulcatus (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela C. trisulcata (131217 131237 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) C. trisulcata (58895)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica C. sp. A (69090)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Phacoides trisulcatus (134653)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Parvilucina scaldensis (86803 86804 86805 86806)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Belgium Parvilucina scaldensis (86807)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) C. trisulcata (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) C. sp. (80033) C. trisulcata (58897)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Parvilucina blanda (61309) Phacoides trisulcatus (79331)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Parvilucina blanda (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) C. trisulcata (69045) Phacoides trisulcata (66742)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Lucina lampra (96561) Lucina lampra, Parvilucina prolongata (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Phacoides trisulcata (66760)