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Cycladicama

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Taxonomy
Cycladicama was named by Valenciennes (1854) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ungulinidae by Vokes (1980), Lamprell and Healy (1998); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Cycladicama Valenciennes
1980Cycladicama Vokes p. 106
1998Cycladicama Lamprell and Healy p. 148
2002Cycladicama Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyUngulinoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyUngulinidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusCycladicamaValenciennes 1854

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. Cycladicama Valenciennes 1854
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Subg. Cycladicama (Cycladicama) Valenciennes 1854
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Subg. †Cycladicama (Toralimysia) Iredale 1936
†Cycladicama ferruginatum Makiyama 1926
†Cycladicama indistincta Martin 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:03:43
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:03:43
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Egypt (Quseir) C. chiesai (3298)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Egypt C. chiesai (3291)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71Egypt (Quseir) C. chiesai (3299)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Egypt C. chiesai (3293)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia Cytherea indistincta (81721)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Hiroshima) C. ferruginatum (51423)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation C. semiasperoides (49978)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) C. oblonga (42311)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation C. semiasperoides (70473 70519)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan C. cumingii (71050)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia C. indistincta (70077 70100) C. luciniformis (70099)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Indonesia (New Guinea) C. oblonga (42396)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation C. semiasperoides (70472)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Philippines (Tayabas) C. oblonga (41529)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan C. cumingii (97076)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Joannisiella indistincta (84523 84543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Fukushima) C. semiasperoides (62295)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia C. alata (70079 70084)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan C. cumingii (97077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan C. cumingii (97961)