Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Cercomya

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae

Taxonomy
Cercomya was named by Agassiz (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 94,790]. It is not extant. Its type is Cercomya pinguis.

It was reranked as Anatina (Cercomya) by White (1887); it was corrected as Kercomya by Vokes (1980).

It was assigned to Anatina by White (1887); to Cercomyidae by Carter (1990); to Pholadomyoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Laternulidae by Vokes (1980), Aberhan (2004), Scholz et al. (2008), Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Cercomya Agassiz
1887Anatina (Cercomya) White p. 102
1980Kercomya Vokes p. 256
1990Cercomya Carter
2002Cercomya Sepkoski
2004Cercomya Aberhan p. 148
2008Cercomya Scholz et al.
2014Cercomya Ros-Franch et al.

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPandoridaStewart 1930
superfamilyPandoroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLaternulidaeHedley 1918
genusCercomyaAgassiz 1843

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. †Cercomya Agassiz 1843
show all | hide all
†Cercomya bottegoi Jaboli 1959
†Cercomya deserti Douvillé 1916
†Cercomya pinguis Agassiz 1843
†Cercomya schoensis Futterer 1897
†Cercomya undulata Sowerby 1827
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Comments: Carter 1990g
Created: 2007-10-05 05:39:59
Modified: 2007-10-05 07:39:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 237.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (89 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy (Lombardy) C. longirostris (85244)
Sevatian - Rhaetian211.18 - 201.4Iran C. praecursor, C. sp. (49031)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) C. praecursor (204164)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (Somerset) C. praecursor (62956)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5France C. sp. (39215)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5France C. sp. (39379)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile C. sp. (7420 7425)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) C. sp. (204150)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Mexico (Sonora) C. peruviana (115216)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Cercomy undulata (33883) C. sp. (33881)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile C. undulata (7426 7427)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Chile C. undulata (7431)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Chile (Coquimbo) C. sp. (222000)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Chile C. undulata (34120 35447)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Chile C. peruviana (95390 95401) C. undulata (33875)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.4 - 170.9Chile Cercomy undulata (35454)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Chile C. peruviana (58737) C. undulata (35451)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Chile Cercomy undulata (95663)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2USA (Wyoming) C. punctata (172981)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (8525)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3USA (Utah) C. punctata (172018 172019)
Bajocian - Callovian170.9 - 161.5Chile (Coquimbo) C. undulada, C. peruviana (221524)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2USA (Wyoming) C. punctata (167171 167174 167185)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3USA (Alaska) C. sp. (68794)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) C. undulata (36549 36550)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3USA (Montana) C. punctata (68854 68856 68862)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Picardie) C. undulata (96160)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Kenya C. sp. (36463)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Somalia C. sp. (93020)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Normandy) C. undulata (4911)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) C. undulata (1909 1920)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Kenya C. sp. (36483)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Capillimya striata (8807)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Yemen Anatina sp. (94518)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1France C. striata (8609)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France C. sp. (4789) C. undulata (4849)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany C. expansa, C. undulata (60387)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Tanzania C. sp. (36419)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Mexico (Nuevo León) C. durangensis (114687)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Ethiopia C. bottegoi (93499)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal C. striata (67942)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal C. striata (7393 7394 7395 7406 7407 67959)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Ethiopia C. schoensis (94491)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Portugal C. brevirostris (8286)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Tanzania C. sp. (79028 79267)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Portugal C. sp. (7915 8041)
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Spain (Biscay) C. garmillai (144740)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) C. gurgitis (235315)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Japan (Iwate) C. gurgitis (40553)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Japan (Kochi) C. gurgitis (40222)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Egypt C. deserti (171405)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Japan (Iwate) C. gurgitis (40555)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Japan C. sp. (122274 123157)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Japan C. sp. (122279 122282)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain C. sp. (66129)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria C. producta (114268)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Austria (Lower Austria) C. producta (226428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland C. harpa (27818 27819 27822 28079)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mozambique C. arcuata (1376)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Serbia C. cymbula (1380)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands C. harpa (1326)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland C. harpa (1321)