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Pleurophopsis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Vesicomyidae

Taxonomy
Pleurophopsis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pleurophoridae by Olsson (1931); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Vesicomyidae by Kiel (2007), Kiel et al. (2023).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Pleurophopsis Olsson p. 43
2002Pleurophopsis Sepkoski
2007Pleurophopsis Kiel p. 639
2023Pleurophopsis Kiel et al. p. 310

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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
superfamilyGlossoidea(Gray 1847)
familyVesicomyidaeDall 1908
genusPleurophopsis

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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Pleurophopsis chinookensis Squires and Goedert 1991
Pleurophopsis peruviana Olsson 1931
Pleurophopsis thieli Kiel et al. 2023
Pleurophopsis unioides Van Winkle 1919
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:39:35
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:39:35
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Burdigalian or 48.07000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Washington) Calyptogena chinookensis (172002)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Adulomya chinookensis (169048 191305)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Calyptogena n. sp. (191203 191204)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Peru P. peruviana, P. lithophagoides (58685)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Washington) Calyptogena chinookensis (172000 193971)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Washington) Adulomya chinookensis (120417) Calyptogena chinookensis (58964) P. thieli (205040 205194)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) P. thieli (206133)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Colombia P. sp. (205111)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Calyptogena chinookensis (56871)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Peru (Piura) P. peruviana, P. lithophagoides (64566)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Trinidad and Tobago P. unioides (93367)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Ecuador (Guayas) P. peruviana (61203) P. sp. (61202 64580)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Cuba P. lithophagoides (205112)