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Leukoma grata (pleasing venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus grata was named by Say (1831). It is extant.

It was recombined as Protothaca grata by Hertlein (1956); it was recombined as Protothaca (Tropithaca) grata by Aberhan and Fursich (1991); it was recombined as Protothaca (Protothaca) grata by Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Leukoma grata by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012), Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Venus grata Say
1956Protothaca grata Hertlein
1991Protothaca (Tropithaca) grata Aberhan and Fursich
2000Protothaca (Protothaca) grata Coan et al. p. 376
2012Leukoma grata Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 775
2021Leukoma grata 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
genusLeukomaRömer 1857
speciesgrata(Say 1831)

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.

Leukoma grata Say 1831 [pleasing venus clam]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:39:18
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:39:18
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador Protothaca grata (96596 96598)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Protothaca grata (96565)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Protothaca grata (44963 96559 96561 96562 96563)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Protothaca grata (160361)