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Erycina

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1805Erycina Lamarck p. 413
1904Erycina Glenn p. 327
1992Erycina Maxwell p. 71
1999Erycina Wienrich p. 228
2002Erycina Sepkoski
2005Erycina Marquet
2010Erycina 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
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
superfamilyLeptonoidea(Gray 1847)
familyErycinidaeGray 1847
genusErycinaLamarck 1805

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. †Erycina Lamarck 1805
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Subg. Erycina (Erycina) Lamarck 1805
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Subg. †Erycina (Hemilepton) Cossmann 1911
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†Hemilepton nitidum Turton 1822
†Erycina aequorea Conrad 1833
†Erycina calvertensis Glenn 1904
†Erycina catalaunensis Cossmann 1883
†Erycina marylandica Glenn 1904
†Erycina pliculata Dall 1900
†Erycina pruna Glenn 1904
†Erycina rectilinearis Conrad 1833
†Erycina regifica Olsson 1914
†Erycina rickardia Glenn 1904
†Erycina speciosa Glenn 1904
†Erycina striatissima Cerulli-Irelli 1908
†Erycina whitfieldi Meyer 1886
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: WU, MA, UN/BA, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 07:30:44
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:30:44
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piripauan to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 86.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piripauan86.1 - 83.6New Zealand E. sp. (78369 83521)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark E. sp. (35039)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium E. briarti (22931)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Poland E. sp. (3112)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium E. longidentata (77608)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) E. sp. (8104)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) E. brabantica, E. ruellensis, E. tenuicula, E. sp. (8124) E. ruellensis, E. grigonensis, E. trigonularis (8125)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium E. longidentata (77611)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) E. zitteli (90704 92393)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) E. plicatula, E. whitfieldi, Mactropsis aequorea, Mactropsis rectilinearis (90600) E. plicatula, Mactropsis aequorea (205489) Mactropsis aequorea (2418 6788 81266 81278)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) E. trigonularis (3494)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) E. aotea (45037)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Essonne) E. koeneni (9132)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Oregon) E. sp. (201481 201483 201484)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) E. indecisa (60985)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) E. sp., E. transversa (74865)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) E. actinophora (42642) E. fabulina, E. actinophora (42657 42663) E. fabulina, E. curtidens, E. actinophora (42482 42605) E. scaptera (42272 42367) E. undosa (42225 42281 42328 42366) E. undosa, E. scaptera (42443)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany E. striatissima (111599)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Netherlands E. subquadrangularis (186883 186884)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) E. backlundi (61903) E. backlundi, Hemilepton mionitidum (61902) Hemilepton mionitidum (61895)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) E. ambigua (37379)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Italy Hemilepton nitidum (207782)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) E. sp. (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium E. depressa (86801 86802)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Lepton depressum (84755)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) E. renieri, E. longicallis, E. pusilla (209253)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (New Guinea) E. lineata (42399)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) E. carolinensis (59307)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica E. olssoni (69090 69094) E. olssoni, E. pura (58522)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) E. carolinensis (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) E. phaseola (79331 79787)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) E. carolinensis (59317)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) Lepton nitidum (97966 97967 97968 97969)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) E. sp. (237610)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) E. sp. (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) E. carolinensis (60928)