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Pleuromya galathea

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae

Taxonomy

Pleuromya galathea was named by Agassiz (1842).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. aequata, P. africana, P. angusta, P. baoqingensis, P. brevis, P. carlottensis, P. costata, P. crassa, P. curta, P. decurtata, P. depressa, P. didimtuensis, P. donacina, P. dunkeri, P. elegans, P. exarata, P. forsbergi, P. forsbergi, P. glabra, P. hashidatensis, P. hidensis, P. inconstans, P. infida, P. jurassi, P. laeviscula, P. lagenalis, P. lata, P. latarugata, P. liasina, P. ligeriensis, P. lutraria, P. macroides, P. mactroides, P. muscoloides, P. musculoides, P. nitens, P. oblongata, P. ovata, P. peregrina, P. polonica, P. pseudoelongata, P. recurva, P. rimata, P. securiformis, P. serotina, P. sichotica, P. simplex, P. sinuata, P. sinuosa, P. spitiensis, P. striatula, P. subelongata, P. submusculoides, P. subventricosa, P. tenuistria, P. triangula, P. triangularis, P. unioniformis, P. uralensis, P. voltzii, P. wakasana, P. xiangensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1842	Pleuromya galathea Agassiz p. 239 figs. Pl 28, figs 1-3
2004	Pleuromya galathea Aberhan p. 144 figs. Pl 8, figs 2-7
2004	Pleuromya galathea Valls et al. p. 170 figs. Pl 4, figs 7-9; text-figs 10-12

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Pholadiformii	Gray 1854
order	Pholadida	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pleuromyoidea	Dall 1900
family	Pleuromyidae	Dall 1900
genus	Pleuromya	(Meek 1873)
species	galathea	Agassiz 1842

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.

†Pleuromya galathea Agassiz 1842

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	12	26.4	17.8	33.9	26.9	4.38
valve height	3	22.7	18.6	25.7	24.6	3.82

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilec

Life habit:

infaunalc

Diet:

suspension feederc

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2004-02-28 11:33:36

Modified:

2010-02-12 03:59:35

Source: c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Hettangian to the top of the Jamesoni or 201.40000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian	201.4 - 199.5	Chile	Pleuromya galathea (95103)
Early/Lower Hettangian	201.4 - 199.5	France	Pleuromya galathea (39215)
Hettangian	201.4 - 199.5	Chile	Pleuromya galathea (58536)
Hettangian	201.4 - 199.5	Canada (Yukon)	Pleuromya galathea (34240)
Late/Upper Hettangian	201.4 - 199.5	United Kingdom (Wales)	Pleuromya galathea (29234)
Late/Upper Hettangian	201.4 - 199.5	United Kingdom (England)	Pleuromya galathea (29233)
Planorbis	201.4 - 199.5	France	Pleuromya galathea (39379)
Sinemurian	199.5 - 192.9	Italy	Pleuromya galathea (173592)
Davoei	192.9 - 184.2	Spain (Aragon)	Pleuromya galathea (98411 146724 146820)
Ibex	192.9 - 184.2	Spain (Aragon)	Pleuromya galathea (98408 146816 146817 146818)
Jamesoni	192.9 - 184.2	Spain (Aragon)	Pleuromya galathea (146798)