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Archivesica gibbera

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Vesicomyidae

Taxonomy
Calyptogena gibbera was named by Crickmay (1929). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 30252, Deadman's Island [Timms Point Silt], which is in a Pleistocene coastal horizon in the Timms Point Silt Formation of California.

It was recombined as Phraegena gibbera by Woodring (1938); it was recombined as Calyptogena (Calyptogena) gibbera by Squires (1991); it was recombined as Vesicomya (Calyptogena) gibbera by Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Archivesica gibbera by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Calyptogena gibbera Crickmay p. 93 figs. Fig. 1
1938Phraegena gibbera Woodring
1938Phreagena lasia Woodring pp. 50 - 52 figs. Plate 5, figures 3, 4
1962Calyptogena lasia Winterer and Durham p. 302
1991Calyptogena (Calyptogena) gibbera Squires p. 74 figs. Figures 1 - 4
2000Vesicomya (Calyptogena) gibbera Coan et al. p. 338
2021Archivesica gibbera Hendy

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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
genusArchivesicaDall 1908
speciesgibbera()

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.

Archivesica gibbera Crickmay 1929
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Invalid names: Phreagena lasia Woodring 1938 [synonym]
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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Carditoidea indet. (120822)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Calyptogena lasia (238418 238421)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Petricola carditoides (186031)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Calyptogena gibbera (210707)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Calyptogena gibbera (type locality: 210706 222977)