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Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Taxonomy
Phlyctiderma was named by Dall (1899) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant. Its type is Diplodonta semiaspera.

It was reranked as Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

It was assigned to Ungulinidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Todd (2001); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Diplodonta by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Subtaxa
Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) caelata (syn. Phlyctiderma insula), Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) semiaspera, Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) semirugosa (syn. Phlyctiderma elenensis), Phlyctiderma heroni
Species lacking formal opinion data
Diplodonta aclinis, Diplodonta agulhasensis, Diplodonta berryi, Diplodonta bezanconi, Diplodonta brocchii, Diplodonta brocchii, Diplodonta caloosaensis, Diplodonta catopotium, Diplodonta cycloidea, Diplodonta elatia, Diplodonta felcinella, Diplodonta fragilis, Diplodonta frosti, Diplodonta gabbi, Diplodonta gabbi, Diplodonta glos, Diplodonta gouldi, Diplodonta gouldi, Diplodonta harrisi, Diplodonta hindu, Diplodonta hopkinsensis, Diplodonta hopkinsensis, Diplodonta inflator, Diplodonta leana, Diplodonta leptodoma, Diplodonta leptodoma, Diplodonta marlboroensis, Diplodonta ochlockoneensis, Diplodonta pakistanica, Diplodonta paleocaenica, Diplodonta pariis, Diplodonta petropolitana, Diplodonta proboscidea, Diplodonta puncata, Diplodonta punctulata, Diplodonta puncturella, Diplodonta radiata, Diplodonta rotunda, Diplodonta rotundatus, Diplodonta sansibarica, Diplodonta satex, Diplodonta sphaeromorpha, Diplodonta subradiata, Diplodonta tenuis, Diplodonta tumida, Diplodonta urgonensis, Diplodonta yorkensis, Phlyctiderma puncturata, Phlyctiderma semiaspera, Taras rotundatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Phlyctiderma Dall
1987Phlyctiderma Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
2001Phlyctiderma Todd
2002Phlyctiderma Sepkoski
2012Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 744

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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
genusDiplodontaBronn 1831
subgenusPhlyctiderma(Dall 1899)

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.

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Invalid names: Phlyctiderma insula Olsson 1961 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Phlyctiderma elenensis Olsson 1961 [synonym]
†Phlyctiderma heroni Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IA, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 14:04:11
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:04:11
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Phlyctiderma sp. (8125) Phlyctiderma sp., Phlyctiderma puncturata (8124)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Diplodonta glos (41760 42281 42328 42366)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Diplodonta gabbi (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Phlyctiderma semiaspera (131210 131217)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Phlyctiderma sp. (79983)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Phlyctiderma heroni (58897) Phlyctiderma sp. (80035)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Cuba Diplodonta semiaspera (66775)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Diplodonta semiaspera (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Diplodonta semiaspera (66758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Phlyctiderma semiaspera (195917 195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Phlyctiderma semiasperum (96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Phlyctiderma semiaspera (198752 198754)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Diplodonta semiaspera (41935 92776)