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Humilaria perlaminosa

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Mercenaria perlaminosa was named by Conrad (1855). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Venus perlaminosa by Clark (1931); it was recombined as Humilaria perlaminosa by Coan et al. (2000) and Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Mercenaria perlaminosa Conrad p. 267
1866Mercenaria perlaminosa Gabb p. 22 figs. PL 5, Fig. 38
1931Venus perlaminosa Clark p. 30
2000Humilaria perlaminosa Coan et al. p. 372
2021Humilaria perlaminosa Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusHumilariaGrant and Gale 1931
speciesperlaminosa()

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.

†Humilaria perlaminosa Conrad 1855
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Humilaria perlaminosa (96571)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (California) Venus perlaminosa (217009)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Humilaria perlaminosa (37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Humilaria perlaminosa (202969 202976 202989 202990 203108 223308) Mercenaria perlaminosa (207886) Venus perlaminosa (202640 202644 202645)