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Eriphyla lapidis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy

Astarte lapidis was named by Packard (1922). Its type specimen is UCMP 12285 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2135, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in the Williams Formation of California.

It was recombined as Eriphyla lapidis by Popenoe (1937), Anderson (1958).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

E. conradi, E. depressa, E. drygalskiana, E. elegans, E. gigantea, E. japonica, E. lotenoensis, E. meriani, E. meridiana, E. miyakoensis, E. pulchella, E. saemanni, E. sehuena, E. striata, E. upwarensis, E. elegans, E. japonica, E. minima, E. miyakoensis, E. pulchella, E. miyakoensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1922	Astarte lapidis Packard p. 423 figs. Plate 30, figures 4a and 4b
1937	Eriphyla lapidis Popenoe p. 387 figs. Plate 46, figures 11, 12
1958	Eriphyla lapidis Anderson p. 124

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Crassatelloidea	(Férussac 1822)
family	Astartidae	d'Orbigny 1844
subfamily	Eriphylinae	Chavan 1952
genus	Eriphyla
species	lapidis	()

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.

†Eriphyla lapidis Packard 1922

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
E. L. Packard 1922	Shell small, nearly circular in outline, slightly inequilateral; rather tumid. Anterior dorsal margin concave, set off by an ill-defined lunule; anterior end and base rounded, forming nearly a segment of a circle; posterior dorsal margin convex, meeting the even curve of the base and the posterior end at a point about halfway to the ventral margin. Beaks in conspicuous, pointed. Shell thick, ornamented by rough lines of growth. Hinge plate heavy with a prominent, anterior, cardinal tooth. Length of type, 20 mm.; height, 20 mm.; convexity, 8 mm.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesuperf

Environment:

marinesuperf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

infaunalsuperf

Diet:

suspension feedersuperf

Vision:

blindsuperf

Created:

2009-09-09 13:45:55

Modified:

2024-02-05 22:32:59

Source: superf = superfamily

Reference: Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 93.90000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	Eriphyla lapidis (80933 80934 80936 80937)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Astarte lapidis (207815)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Eriphyla lapidis (176363)