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Pholadomya decussata

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Taxonomy

Cardium decussatum was named by Mantell (1822).

It was recombined as Pholadomya decussata by Böhm (1891).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. agrioensis, P. angustata, P. anterumbonis, P. aubri, P. bellona, P. coahuilensis, P. coloradoensis, P. cordata, P. deltoidea, P. foliacea, P. franciscae, P. hemicardia, P. intermedia, P. kamtschatica, P. kingi, P. leonensis, P. murchisoni, P. plagemani, P. plagemanii, P. plagemanni, P. weissi, P. cornueliana, P. constricta, P. uitoe, P. alpina, P. beaumontensis, P. oretiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1822	Cardium decussatum Mantell
1891	Pholadomya decussata Böhm p. 72

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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
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Pholadomyida	()
superfamily	Pholadomyoidea	King 1844
family	Pholadomyidae	King 1844
genus	Pholadomya	Sowerby 1823
species	decussata	(Mantell 1822)

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.

†Pholadomya decussata Mantell 1822

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

deep infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-10-09 06:48:13

Modified:

2009-10-10 16:18:40

Source: f = family, c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 113.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Greenland	Pholadomya decussata (160914)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	United Kingdom (England)	Pholadomya decussata (49496)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Germany	Pholadomya decussata (221859)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Poland	Pholadomya decussata (28084 28086 28087)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Poland	Pholadomya decussata (28447)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Poland	Pholadomya decussata (27822 28078 28080 28082)