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Lentidium

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Lentidium was named by Cristofori (1832) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Corbulomya (Lentidium) by Cossmann (1909); it was reranked as Aloides (Lentidium) by Glibert and de Heinzelin (1954).

It was assigned to Corbulomya by Cossmann (1909); to Aloides by Glibert and de Heinzelin (1954); to Corbulidae by Wienrich (1999); to Myoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Lentidinae by Marquet et al. (2008); and to Lentidiinae by Vokes (1980), Moths et al. (2010) and Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Lentidium Cristofori
1909Corbulomya (Lentidium) Cossmann p. 185
1954Aloides (Lentidium) Glibert and de Heinzelin p. 342
1980Lentidium Vokes p. 183
1999Lentidium Wienrich p. 255
2002Lentidium Sepkoski
2008Lentidium Marquet et al. p. 30
2010Lentidium Bouchet et al.
2010Lentidium Moths et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyMyoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCorbulidaeLamarck 1818
subfamilyLentidiinaeVokes 1945
genusLentidiumCristofori 1832

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. Lentidium Cristofori 1832
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Subg. †Lentidium (Ajanssenium) Kadolsky 1989
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Invalid names: Aloides (Lentidium) nysti Deshayes 1857 [synonym]
Lentidium (Ajanssenium) turonense Cossmann and Peyrot 1914
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Lentidium (Janschinella) dissitum Kendrick and Vartak 2007
Subg. Lentidium (Lentidium) Cristofori 1832
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Lentidium complanatum Lamarck 1822
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:13:13
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:13:13
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 99.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India L. dissitum (228245)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium L. amphibola, L. cossmanni (22931)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7United Kingdom (England) L. arnouldi (8083 8085)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Germany L. sp. (3114)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium L. seminulum (77611)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Japan L. kyushuense (70964 70966 71015 71020 71023)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) L. nitidum (42649)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) L. nitidum (9067 9072 9073 9075 9076 9077 9078 9079 9098 9114 9127 9130 9131 9132 9133 9134 9135 9169 9171 9172 9173 9174 9175 9177 9179 9182 9183) L. nitidum, L. donaciforme (9180 9181 9193 9266 9267 9268 9269)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium L. nitidum (111373) L. nitidum, L. donaciforme (111366 111367 111368 111371)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Essonne) L. nitidum (9129) L. nitidum, L. donaciforme (9270)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Germany L. sp. (70002)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) L. tournoueri (74865)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) L. donaciformis (62882)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany L. tournoueri, L. turonense (111599)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) L. donaciformis (61900)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium L. turonensis (77862 77868)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Iceland L. complanatum (34947)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Iceland L. complanatum (79909 79972 79973 79974 79975)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) L. complanatum (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Corbulomya complanata (84819)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium L. complanatum (86805)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium L. complanatum (86807)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Iceland L. complanatum (79894 79901 79976 79978 79980) L. sp. (79892) L. sp., L. complanatum (79897)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France L. mediterraneum (56803)