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Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Phlyctiderma Dall
1987Phlyctiderma Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
2001Phlyctiderma Todd
2002Phlyctiderma Sepkoski
2012Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 744

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyUngulinoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyUngulinidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusDiplodontaBronn 1831
subgenusPhlyctiderma(Dall 1899)

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.

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Invalid names: Phlyctiderma insula Olsson 1961 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Phlyctiderma elenensis Olsson 1961 [synonym]
Phlyctiderma heroni Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IA, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 14:04:11
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:04:11
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Phlyctiderma puncturata, Phlyctiderma sp. (8124) Phlyctiderma sp. (8125)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Diplodonta glos (41760 42281 42328 42366)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Phlyctiderma semiaspera (131210 131217)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Diplodonta gabbi (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Phlyctiderma sp. (79983)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Phlyctiderma heroni (58897) Phlyctiderma sp. (80035)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Diplodonta semiaspera (66775)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Diplodonta semiaspera (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Diplodonta semiaspera (66758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Phlyctiderma semiaspera (195917 195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Phlyctiderma semiasperum (96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Diplodonta semiaspera (41935 92776)