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Rawya

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Rawya was named by Strougo (1975).

It was reranked as Pegophysema (Rawya) by Strougo (1995).

It was assigned to Pegophysema by Strougo (1995); and to Leucosphaerinae by Taylor et al. (2011).

Species
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2026-05-31; modified by P. Wagner on 2026-05-31

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Rawya Strougo
1995Pegophysema (Rawya) Strougo p. 11
2011Rawya Taylor et al. p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyLeucosphaerinaeTaylor and Glover 2011
genusRawyaStrougo 1975

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.

G. †Rawya Strougo 1975
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Rawya pharaonis Bellardi 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Egypt (New Valley) Pegophysema pharaonis (278942)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Niger Lucina pharaonis (97596 184349)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Libya Lucina pharaonis (42127)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Bahrain Lucina pharaonis (79060 209805)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Egypt Lucina pharaonis (41899)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Somalia Pegophysema pharaonis (78566)