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Cryptomya

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Cryptomya Conrad
1915Mya (Cryptomya) Clark p. 479
1923Cryptomya Clark and Arnold p. 155
1980Cryptomya Vokes p. 180
1998Cryptomya Lamprell and Healy p. 190
2002Cryptomya Sepkoski
2010Cryptomya Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyMyoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMyidaeLamarck 1809
genusCryptomyaConrad 1848

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. Cryptomya Conrad 1848
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Cryptomya californica Conrad 1837 [California softshell]
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Invalid names: Cryptomya oregonensis Dall 1909 [synonym], Cryptomya ovalis Conrad 1856 [synonym], Macoma kerica Hendrickson 1928 [synonym], Mya inopia Hanna 1924 [synonym]
Cryptomya quadrata Arnold 1909
Cryptomya quadrata vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923
Cryptomya washingtoniana Weaver 1912
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 13:49:19
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:49:19
Source: f = family, 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): 37.71 Ma

Collections (164 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Japan (Hyogo) C. sp. (102036 102038 102039)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Canada (British Columbia) C. quadrata (63087)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Mya incognita (122273)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) C. californica (195300)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation C. californica (49979 50038)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia C. radiata (70086)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan C. sp. (81704)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation C. kamtschatica (49978)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia C. sinuosa (70077)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) C. californica (216868) C. quadrata (216901) C. sp. (195407)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation C. busoensis, C. ferruginea (70476)
Tortonian - Piacenzian11.63 - 2.58USA (California) C. californica (188305)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) C. californica (194802 194803 194888 195031 195034 195035) C. sp. (194798)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6USA (California) C. californica (39324 39326 39327 39333 39334 39335 39351 39353 39354 39355 39389 39390 39391 39393 39395 39396 39404 39405 39407)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) C. californica (97208 97241 97242 97404 220198 220199) C. ovalis (208580) C. quadrata (206366 220194 220196)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation C. sachalinensis (70472)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan (Iwate) C. busoensis (56300)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) C. californica (122281 216433 216864)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) C. californica (96571 96572 200398 200412 238459)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) C. californica (122752)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) C. californica (189561 189760 189761 189762 189763 189765 207642 207654 207656 207667 207675 207687 207690 207691 207693 207695 207697 207699 207700 207713 207721 207724 207762 214278 214279 214280 214286)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Chile (Coquimbo) C. californica (222333)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) C. oregonensis (71142)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa C. philippinarum (122941)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan C. busoensis (97028)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) C. californica (201624 237610 240568 240572)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) C. californica (96590 96592 96593)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Peru (Ica) C. californica (219105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) C. californica (71053 96894 138723 222663 222664 222998)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) C. californica (223009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico C. californica (67642 67643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan C. busoensis (97961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti C. semistriata (96791)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) C. californica (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) C. californica (37676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Moquegua) C. californica (43708 43710)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) C. californica (22632 28157 37673 59063 96566 96589 96895 96900 96930 96936 96937 160361 219029 219030 222659 222660 222661 222662 222674 223045 226458 240554 240555 240580 240587 240588 240591 240609 240612 240613 240614 240615 240617 240619 240621 240635 240636 240651 240653 240655 240660 240661 240662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) C. californica (44963)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru C. californica (97641 97643)