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Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Dosinia margaritana was named by Wiedey (1928). Its type specimen is SDSNH 33, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 436, La Panza, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

It was recombined as Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana by Loel and Corey (1932), Keen (1943).

Subspecies

Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana projecta

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. angulosa, D. bensoni, D. juvenilis, D. lambata, D. meridionalis, D. ongleyi, D. steinmanni, D. striatissima, D. troscheli, D. whitleyi, D. lambata, D. cuspidata, D. palmeriae, D. ongleyi, D. kaneharai, D. kaneharai, D. mackayi, D. waiparaensis, D. maoriana, D. owadaensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1928	Dosinia margaritana Wiedey p. 145 figs. Plate 18, figures 1, 2, 3
1932	Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana Loel and Corey p. 216 figs. Plate 38, figures 1a, 1b; plate 39, figure 1
1943	Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana Keen p. 40 figs. Plate 3, figs. 3-5

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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)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Venerinae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Dosiniini	(Deshayes 1858)
genus	Dosinia	Scopoli 1777
subgenus	Dosinidia
species	margaritana	()

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.

†Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana Wiedey 1928

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†Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana projecta Loel and Corey 1932

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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 16:34:29

Modified:

2009-09-04 18:34:29

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Langhian or 27.30000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (38 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (California)	Dosinia margaritana (52417 52418 57789)
Chattian - Aquitanian	27.3 - 20.45	USA (California)	Dosinia margaritana (37516 37517)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	USA (California)	Dosinia margaritana (44897 44912 44923 71216 71217 71223 94816 94854 203554 220082 238142 238144 238174 238175 238178 238179 238190 238218 238241 238242 238253) Dosinia margaritana, Dosinia margaritana (238191 238214 238234 238239 238260 238261 238262)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	USA (California)	Dosinia margaritana (206393)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	USA (California)	Dosinia margaritana (44937 44940 44980 44988)