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Cryptomya

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Taxonomy
Cryptomya was named by Conrad (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Mya (Cryptomya) by Clark (1915).

It was assigned to Mya by Clark (1915); to Myaciidae by Clark and Arnold (1923); to Myidae by Vokes (1980) and Lamprell and Healy (1998); to Myoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cryptomyinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

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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Invalid names: Cryptomya magna Dall 1921 [synonym], 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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (135 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Japan (Hyogo) C. sp. (102036 102038 102039)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) Mya incognita (122273)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Canada (British Columbia) C. quadrata (63087)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) C. californica (195300) C. sp. (195407)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Russian Federation C. californica (49979 50038)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia C. radiata (70086)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan C. sp. (81704)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Russian Federation C. kamtschatica (49978)
Tortonian - Piacenzian11.62 - 2.588USA (California) C. californica (188305)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia C. sinuosa (70077)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation C. busoensis, C. ferruginea (70476)
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 - 3.6Russian Federation C. sachalinensis (70472)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) C. californica (97208 97241 97242 97404 220198 220199) C. quadrata (206366 220194 220196)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan (Iwate) C. busoensis (56300)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) C. californica (216433 216864 216868) C. quadrata (216901)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) C. californica (96571 96572 200398 200412)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (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)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) C. oregonensis (71142)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) C. califomica (201624) C. californica (237610)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan C. busoensis (97028)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Chile (Coquimbo) C. californica (222333)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa C. philippinarum (122941)
Pleistocene2.588 - 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 - 0.0117USA (California) C. californica (22632 28157 37673 59063 96566 96589 96895 96900 96930 96936 96937 160361 219029 219030 222659 222660 222661 222662 222674 223045)
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 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) C. californica (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Moquegua) C. californica (43708 43710)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) C. californica (37676)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru C. californica (97641 97643)