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Petricola (Petricolirus)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Petricolirus was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Petricola (Petricolirus) by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Petricola by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Petricolirus Sepkoski
2012Petricola (Petricolirus) Coan and Valentich-Scott

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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
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
tribeMeretriciniGray 1847
familyPetricolina(Deshayes 1839)
genusPetricolaLamarck 1801
subgenusPetricolirus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: boringg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:31:33
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:31:33
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Petricola denticulata (200412)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Petricola denticulata (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Petricola denticulata (96895 222660 222661)