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Taxonomy
Gemminae was named by Dall (1902). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Gemmina by Carter et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Veneridae by Gardner (1943), Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Meretricini by Carter et al. (2011).
It was reranked as the subfamily Gemmina by Carter et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Veneridae by Gardner (1943), Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Meretricini by Carter et al. (2011).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1902 | Gemminae Dall |
| 1943 | Gemminae Gardner pp. 127, 135 |
| 1980 | Gemminae Vokes p. 174 |
| 1982 | Gemminae Woodring p. 708 |
| 1995 | Gemminae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183 |
| 2006 | Gemminae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 233 |
| 2010 | Gemminae Bouchet et al. |
| 2011 | Gemmina Carter et al. p. 17 |
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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.
Subfm. Gemmina Dall 1902
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G. Parastarte Conrad 1862
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†Parastarte antillensis Woodring 1925
†Parastarte psila Woodring 1982
Parastarte triquetra Conrad 1862
G. †Plesiastarte Fischer 1887
G. †Rohini
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Eocene | Panama | Parastarte sp. (42533 42538) | |
| Aquitanian | Panama | Parastarte sp. (42607) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Florida) | Parastarte chipolana (42328) | |
| Middle Miocene | Iraq | Parastarte sp. (173233) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | Parastarte psila (93145) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Parastarte sp. (136014) | |
| Pliocene | USA (Florida) | Parastarte sp. (75021) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Parastarte triquetra (41749) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Florida) | Parastarte triquetra (59484) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | Parastarte antillensis (58522) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Gemma triquetra (79338) Parastarte sp. (75006 75008) Parastarte triquetra (41501 41539 41718) | |
| Calabrian | USA (Florida) | Parastarte triquetra (41705) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Parastarte triquetra (61310) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Parastarte triquetra (41740 61311 96538) | |
| Holocene | USA (Mississippi) | Parastarte sp. (92522 92523) |