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Pteromeris

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Pteromeris was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Venericardia (Pteromeris) by Dall (1903); it was reranked as Glans (Pteromeris) by Gardner (1943); it was reranked as Cardita (Pteromeris) by DuBar (1958).

It was assigned to Venericardia by Dall (1903); to Glans by Gardner (1943); to Cardita by DuBar (1958); to Carditidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); to Venericardiinae by Beu et al. (1990); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Venericardia (Pteromeris) Dall p. 1434
1943Glans (Pteromeris) Gardner pp. 72-73
1958Cardita (Pteromeris) DuBar p. 163
1987Pteromeris Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1990Pteromeris Beu et al. p. 398
2002Pteromeris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusPteromeris

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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†Pteromeris perplana Dall 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-08-17 20:23:42
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:23:42
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Eames 1951

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) P. nodulina (205466)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) P. unidentata (74865)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (South Carolina) Venericardia perplana (92413)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark P. corbis (98312)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) P. corbis (55827)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium P. corbis (86802)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Glans perplana (59330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) Venericardia perplana (75016)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) P. perplana (79248 79249)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) P. corbis (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Glans perplana (59307 59309 59327) P. perplana (58893 58895 68979 79341 79342)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) P. tridentata (79709)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium P. corbis (86803)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Cardita perplana (41501) P. perplana (61309)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Glans perplana (59315 59316 59317 59318) P. perplana (58897 58898 80033 80034 80035)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Glans perplana (59313)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) P. perplana (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Venericardia perplana (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Cardita perplana (60927) P. perplana (79956)