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Cumingia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Taxonomy
Cumingia was named by Sowerby I (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Semelidae by Glenn (1904), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Moore (2003); and to Cumingiinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Cumingia Sowerby I
1904Cumingia Glenn p. 297
1987Cumingia Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
2002Cumingia Sepkoski
2003Cummingia Moore
2010Cumingia Bouchet et al.

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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
genusCumingiaSowerby I 1833

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. Cumingia Sowerby I 1833
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Cumingia californica Conrad 1837 [California semele]
†Cumingia keittensis Harris 1919
Cumingia lamellosa Sowerby 1833 [contracted semele]
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Invalid names: Cumingia adamsi Carpenter 1864 [synonym], Cumingia coarctata Sowerby 1833 [synonym], Cumingia moulinsii Folin 1867 [synonym], Cumingia trigonularis Sowerby 1833 [synonym]
†Cumingia medialis Conrad 1866
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DS according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 13:33:48
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:33:48
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) C. keittensis (92198)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) C. californica (194801)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago C. galbensis (60409 60410 60644 60647 60659)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) C. californica (122281)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador C. lamellosa (96596)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) C. tellionoides (58895)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) C. tellinoides (78269 78270)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela C. coarctata (131210)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) C. californica (122752)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) C. tellinoides (71138)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) C. californica (189759 189765 189766 189767 189768 189769 207697)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) C. amydra (41501 79336) C. coarctata (79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial)2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) C. tellinoides (211183)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) C. tellinoides (58897 60986 60987 60988 60989 69043)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) C. californica (223075)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) C. californica (96590 96592)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) C. tellinoides (66624)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) C. lamellosa (201624 240574 240577)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) C. californica (37933 37934 37937 37938 37939 37940 37941 37943 37944 37945 37946 37947 37948)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) C. amydra (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) C. californica (202493 202494 202970 222663 222664 222665) C. lamellosa (138723 202492 222998)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) C. sp. (61310) C. tellinoides (67069)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) C. californica (222954 223009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico C. californica (52347 67642 226465)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) C. californica (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. tellinoides (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) C. tellinoides (69047)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) C. californica (160361 222659 222660 222661 222662 240554 240555 240614 240635 240651) C. californica, Cytharella densilineata (226458 240609 240620) C. lamellosa (96895 202936 240580 240593 240594 240595 240600 240601 240602 240603) Cytharella densilineata (240621)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) C. tellinoides (61268)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) C. tellinoides (57702 57705 69048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) C. tellinoides (66758 66760 69046 79956 79957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands C. coarctata (80837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) C. tellinoides (66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) C. lamellosa (160394 160395)