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Pholadomya

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Pholadomya Sowerby
1928Pholadomya Nagao p. 47
1937Pholadomya Russell and Landes p. 151
1951Pholadomya Eames p. 450
1970Pholadomya Ronchetti p. 67
1980Pholadomya Vokes p. 205
1982Pholadomya Woodring p. 720
1987Pholadomya Squires p. 71
1992Pholadomya Squires and Demetrion p. 42
1999Pholadomya Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 43
2002Pholadomya Sepkoski
2004Pholadomya Aberhan p. 119
2008Pholadomya Scholz et al.
2010Pholadomya Bouchet et al.
2014Pholadomya Ros-Franch 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
PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPholadomyida()
superfamilyPholadomyoideaKing 1844
familyPholadomyidaeKing 1844
genusPholadomyaSowerby 1823

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. Pholadomya Sowerby 1823
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Subg. †Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) Rollier 1912
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Bucardiomya mounti Zinsmeister 1978
Invalid names: Bureiamya Voronetz 1938 [synonym]
Subg. Pholadomya (Pholadomya) Sowerby 1823
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Pholadomya (Pholadomya) corrugata Koch and Dunker 1837
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Invalid names: Pholadomya andina Moricke 1894 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Lutraria lirata Sowerby 1819 [replaced], Pholadomya abbreviata Hupe 1854 [synonym], Pholadomya acostae Bayle and Coquand 1851 [synonym], Pholadomya attenuata Hupe 1854 [synonym]
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) idea d'Orbigny 1850
Subg. †Pholadomya (Triplicosta) Cooper 1896
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Pholadomya acuminata Hartmann 1830
Pholadomya adversa Riedel 1932
Pholadomya albertensis Warren 1933
Pholadomya altumbonata Anderson 1938
Pholadomya aubryi Douville 1886
Pholadomya borealis Warren 1947
Pholadomya candida Sowerby 1823
Pholadomya cardissoides Agassiz 1842
Pholadomya carinata Goldfuss 1838
Pholadomya claibornensis Aldrich 1886
Pholadomya clementina Anderson 1938
Pholadomya collombi Coquand 1866
Pholadomya connectans Forbes 1846
Pholadomya corbuloides Deshayes 1864
Pholadomya cuneiformis Futterer 1897
Pholadomya cupressensis Russell and Landes 1937
Pholadomya decussata Mantell 1822
Pholadomya diegoensis Anderson 1958
Pholadomya distorta Anderson 1938
Pholadomya elongata Münster 1840
Pholadomya esmarcki Nilsson 1827
Pholadomya esmarki Nilsson 1827
Pholadomya falconensis Hodson and Hodson 1927
Pholadomya gigantea Sowerby 1836
Pholadomya granulifera Blanford 1870
Pholadomya gronlandica Lundgren 1895
Pholadomya harrigani Hall and Ambrose 1916
Pholadomya hians Riedel 1933
Pholadomya hulenana Anderson 1938
Pholadomya inaequiplicata Stanton 1899
Pholadomya incurvata Riedel 1933
Pholadomya kernensis Wiedey 1928
Pholadomya laeviuscula Agassiz 1842
Pholadomya lagenalis Schafhaeutl 1852
Pholadomya lirata Sowerby 1818
Pholadomya lorica Stoppani 1857
Pholadomya margaritata Stoppani 1857
Pholadomya marylandica Conrad 1842
Pholadomya mclearni Russell and Landes 1937
Pholadomya miocenica Ponzi 1876
Pholadomya mori Stoppani 1865
Pholadomya munita Stoppani 1857
Pholadomya murrayensis Hanna 1927
Pholadomya nasuta Gabb 1864
Pholadomya nevadana Gabb 1870
Pholadomya nitanae McLearn 1929
Pholadomya nonaimensis Reagan 1924
Pholadomya orbiculata Gabb 1864
Pholadomya orientalis Douvillé 1916
Pholadomya ovalis Sowerby 1819
Pholadomya paucicosta Roemer 1836
Pholadomya pedernalis Roemer 1852
Pholadomya percarinata Gillieron 1886
Pholadomya phaseolus Stoppani 1857
Pholadomya pholadoides Wilckens 1907
Pholadomya puschi Goldfuss 1840
Pholadomya quenstedti Stoppani 1857
Pholadomya ragazzii Pantanelli 1888
Pholadomya ragsdalei Cragin 1895
Pholadomya rigacci Ponzi 1876
Pholadomya roemeri Whitfield 1885
Pholadomya russelli Anderson 1938
Pholadomya sanctaecrucis Pictet and Campiche 1865
Pholadomya shattucki Böse 1910
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Invalid names: Pholadomya roemeri Shattuck 1903 [replaced]
Pholadomya sonorensis Gabb 1869
Pholadomya stefaninii Jaboli 1959
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Invalid names: Pholadomya brewerii Gabb 1864 [synonym], Pholadomya royana Whiteaves 1879 [synonym]
Pholadomya sublirata Blanford 1870
Pholadomya subventricosa Meek and Hayden 1858
Pholadomya valangiensis Pictet and Campiche 1864
Pholadomya vasellii Monari 1994
Pholadomya vaticana Ponzi 1876
Pholadomya vignesi Lartet 1877
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Invalid names: Pholadomya fontannesi Choffat 1886 [synonym]
Pholadomya walli Maury 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2541.222.958.042.810.2
valve height445.328.575.345.421.2

Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-09 06:48:13
Modified: 2009-10-10 16:18:40
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Spathian to the top of the Piacenzian or 251.30000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 247.2 Ma

Collections (1387 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Hungary P. sp. (177441)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. franciscae (212183 212791)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation Bureiamya dubia (69431)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Nevada) P. nevadana (33202)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Russian Federation Bureiamya dubia (69407)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria P. sp. (27941 27968 28105 28528 28600)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany P. lagenalis (173617)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Hungary (Veszprém) Palaeocardita munita (200771)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Argentina (Mendoza) P. ambigua (132717 132720)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Russian Federation Bureiamya dubia (69411)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy (Brescia) Cardita munita (204949)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy Cardita munita, Cardita lorica (204950) Cardium phaseolus, Cardita quenstedti (204937) Palaeocardita munita (38167) Palaeocardita munita, P. margaritata (38168) P. lagenalis (204921) P. mori (204975)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy (Lombardy) Cardita munita (38129) Cardita munita, P. lagenalis, P. margaritata, Cardita lorica (38083)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Chile (Coquimbo) P. sp. (222005)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Vietnam (South Viet-Nam) P. fontainei (37217)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (Somerset) P. glabra (198904)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Chile (Huasco) P. sp. (223284)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7USA (Alaska) P. sp. (5492)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Chile (Atacama) P. sp. (221815)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (53546)