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Clementia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Clementia was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Venus (Clementia) by Vredenburg (1928).

It was assigned to Venus by Vredenburg (1928); to Dosiniinae by Glenn (1904), Gardner (1947); to Clementiinae by Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Perrilliat (1992), Ward (1992), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Veneridae by Mukerjee (1939), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Perrilliat (1994), Todd (2001); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Clementia Gray p. 184
1904Clementia Glenn p. 315
1928Venus (Clementia) Vredenburg p. 455
1939Clementia Mukerjee p. 23
1947Clementia Gardner pp. 152, 154
1980Clementia Vokes p. 174
1982Clementia Woodring p. 697
1992Clementia Lamprell and Whitehead p. 150
1992Clementia Perrilliat p. 16
1992Clementia Ward p. 102
1994Clementia Perrilliat p. 239
1995Clementia Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183
2001Clementia Todd
2002Clementia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
tribeMeretriciniGray 1847
subfamilyClementiina(Frizzell 1936)
genusClementiaGray 1847

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. Clementia Gray 1847
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Subg. †Clementia (Clementia) Gray 1842
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†Clementia dariena vetula Woodring 1926
Invalid names: Clementia brasiliana Maury 1925 [synonym]
†Clementia conradiana Anderson 1905
†Clementia elongata Wiedey 1928
†Clementia fischeri Abrard 1942
†Clementia inequalis Wiedey 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-04 16:33:59
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:33:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 119.57000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma

Collections (282 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Colombia C. ricordeana (221846)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (California) Venus pertenuis (193034)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Netherlands Antilles C. parinensis (88277)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) C. deshayesi (8124 8125)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) C. peruviana (60088 60089)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Peru (Piura) C. parinensis (88362 88364 88365 88366) C. parinensis, C. restinensis (88370) C. peruviana (52526 52527 52531 52536)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Venezuela C. dariena (42791 42792 134866 134867)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia C. peruviana (42789)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Peru (Piura) C. peruviana (52523 55432 88359 88367 88391)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) C. vetula (3315)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Peru (Piura) C. peruviana (55431)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Peru (Piura) C. peruviana (55433 55441)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Puerto Rico C. rabelli (80189 80190 80191 80192 80193 80194)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan C. papyracea (77453) Venus protopapyracea (77158)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Ecuador (Guayas) C. peruviana (61201)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Venezuela (Falcon) C. dariena (61213)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (California) C. pertenuis (52389 52394 52401 52402 52415 52416 52418) Venus pertenuis (11601)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) C. pertenuis (72406 72407 72408 219727 219730 219733 219755)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Colombia (La Guajira) C. peruviana (42770)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Peru C. peruviana (42794)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Peru (Piura) C. peruviana (64559)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama C. dariena (42608 42628 42631 93039)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru (Tumbes) C. dariena (58999 59001)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru C. dariena (66141 66178 93748)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Somalia Venus papyracea (78953 79079 79098)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Clementa pertenuis (238190) C. conradiana (196138) C. inequalis (220074) C. pertenuis (71215 71216 71218 71222 71223 71226 71228 91374 94866 203554 237907 237917 238137 238142 238143 238144 238163 238166 238178 238179 238180 238191 238214 238239 238241 238242 238248 238253 238259 238261)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Ecuador (Manabi) C. dariena (60769)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) C. brasiliana (60984) C. dariena (65162 112580 112582 112590)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan C. papyracea (77459) Venus papyracea (77172 77400 77432)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) C. inoceriformis (59335)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India C. papyracea (76574) C. protopapyracea (72084) C. sp., C. papyracea, C. protopapyracea (78641)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Ecuador (Guayas) C. dariena (61061 61065)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Tamaulipas) C. grayi (43071 43074)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Iran C. papyracea (79067)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) C. dariena (135496)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia C. papyracea (81717)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) C. dariena (43063 60144 60703 60705 60707 60708 60710)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Panama C. dariena (42615 42616 42617 42618 42619 49493)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Saudi Arabia C. sp. (47069 47073)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) C. dariena (156327 156691 156751 156752 156753 156754 160776 161892)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcón) C. dariena (179723)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Delaware) C. grayi (18579)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) C. grayi (42424 42482 92502 92503)
Barstovian - Hemphillian16.3 - 4.7Mexico (Baja California Sur) C. conradiana (18731)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) C. sp. (52183)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) C. dariena (157830)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) C. conradiana (237565 237573 237575)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan (Hokkaido) C. iizukai (77918)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Brazil (Para) C. dariena (58454)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Michoacan) C. dariena (66162 66166)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan C. japonica, C. sp. (70306 77742)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Colombia (Atlantico) C. dariena (60678 60679)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India C. papracea, C. protopapyracea (78614)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) C. conradiana (44933 44937) C. elongata (220066) C. pertenuis (44940 44965 44982 44988) C. pertenuis, C. conradiana (44934)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador (Guayas) C. dariena (61086 61087 61093)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Somalia Venus papyracea (79076 79077)
Langhian - Messinian15.98 - 5.333USA (California) C. sp. (167649)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) C. inoceriformis (70846 70847) C. sp. (79107)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) C. grayi (42692 42886 42891 43028 111204 136943)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama C. dariena (52170 52172 52174 82119 82121 82124 82125 93145 93147 93150 134661) C. dariensis (82116 82126) C. sp. (136016 145523 145524)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) C. dariena (142922) C. sp. (79783 79790 79985 79987)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Maryland) C. inoceriformis (70849 70853)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela C. dariena (130981)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) C. sp. (136122)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) C. dariena (61024 61025 61029 135504)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia C. papyracea (70098 70099 70103)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Maryland) C. inoceriformis (51722 51727 59303 59304 59305 69032)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan Venus papyracea (77133) Venus papyracea, Venus papyracea (77154)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago C. dariena (81976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Philippines C. papyracea (70138)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Iran C. papyracea (79065)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia C. dariena (88296 88297 97682 97692 131219 131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) C. dariena (61022 61031 61032)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation C. sakhalinense (70465)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) C. brioniana (44423) C. pertenuis (44425)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) C. dariena (88305 88308 88316)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6USA (Florida) C. inoceriformis (79965)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan C. papyracea (161784)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic C. sp. (75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Pakistan Venus papyracea, Venus papyracea (77398)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan C. vatheleti (96674 96675)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador (Manabi) C. solida (51886)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia C. papyracea (70123 84523)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan C. papyracea (45507)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Philippines (Tayabas) C. papyracea (41529)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India C. papyracea (77658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Pakistan C. papyracea (55398 55399 55400)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia C. papyracea (72096)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Philippines (Panay) C. papyracea (41650)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan (Kochi) C. papyracea (170023)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica C. dariena (134659 134676)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Pakistan C. papyracea (55401)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan C. vatheleti (96969 97029)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Eritrea C. papyracea (101415)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt C. papyracea (101634)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Yemen C. papyracea (55372 55373)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea C. papyracea (101543)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya C. papyracea (81094 81100)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) C. papyracea (63351)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti C. cumingi (96788) C. cumingi, C. fischeri (96787)