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Pliocardiinae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Vesicomyidae

Taxonomy
Pliocardiinae was named by Woodring (1925).

It was assigned to Vesicomyidae by Amano et al. (2019), Kiel et al. (2023).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Pliocardiinae Woodring
2019Pliocardiinae Amano et al. p. 213
2023Pliocardiinae Kiel et al. p. 301

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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
superfamilyGlossoidea(Gray 1847)
familyVesicomyidaeDall 1908
subfamilyPliocardiinaeWoodring 1925
subfamilyPliocardiinaeWoodring 1925

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.

Subfm. †Pliocardiinae Woodring 1925
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G. †Adulomya
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Adulomya chitanii Kanehara 1937
Adulomya hamuroi Amano and Kiel 2011
Adulomya hokkaidoensis Amano and Kiel 2007
Adulomya kuroiwaensis Amano and Kiel 2011
Adulomya uchimuraensis Kuroda 1931
G. †Pliocardia Woodring 1925
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Pliocardia bowdeniana Dall 1903
Pliocardia guthrieorum Kiel et al. 2023
Pliocardia kawadai Aoki 1954
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:39:35
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:39:35
Source: superf = superfamily, 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 Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Washington) Pliocardia tschudi (172002)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Washington) Pliocardia guthrieorum (120417 206069)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Colombia Pliocardia sp. (205111)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) Pliocardia guthrieorum (198619)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Pliocardia sp. (4869)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan (Fukushima) Adulomya chitanii (91522)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Alaska) Adulomya sp. A, Adulomya sp. B (192231)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Japan (Toyama) Adulomya hamuroi (205155)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan (Toyama) Adulomya chitanii, Pliocardia kawadai (219252)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan (Hokkaido) Adulomya hokkaidoensi (46585)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Nagano) Adulomya uchimuraensis (56952)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Japan (Niigata) Adulomya kuroiwaensis (205156)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Japan (Tochigi) Adulomya sp. (234280)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Pliocardia bowdeniana (58522 69094)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pliocardia stearnsii (200653)