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Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina sericata was named by Reeve (1850). It is extant.

It was recombined as Diplodonta serricata by Emerson and Chace (1959); it was recombined as Felaniella (Zemysia) sericata by Keen (1971); it was recombined as Felaniella sericata by DeVries and Wells (1990); it was recombined as Diplodonta sericata by Coan et al. (2000) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012); it was recombined as Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Lucina sericata Reeve figs. pl. 9
1959Diplodonta serricata Emerson and Chace
1971Felaniella (Zemysia) sericata Keen p. 128
1990Felaniella sericata DeVries and Wells
2000Diplodonta sericata Coan et al. p. 271
2012Diplodonta sericata Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 740
2021Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata Hendy

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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
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyUngulinoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyUngulinidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusDiplodontaBronn 1831
subgenusFelaniella
speciessericata(Reeve 1850)

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: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:03:37
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:05:01
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Diplodonta sericata (202492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Felaniella sericata (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Diplodonta sericata (96930 96935 96936 96937 96939 160361 219029 219030) Diplodonta serricata (96589 222660)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Felaniella sericata (97645)