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Erycinidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae

Taxonomy
Erycinidae was named by Gray (1847) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5171]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lasaeidae by Parker (1982) and Bouchet et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Galeommatacea by Vokes (1980) and Beu et al. (1990); to Leptonacea by Newell (1965) and Maxwell (1992); to Leptonoidea by Marquet (2005); and to Kellioidea by Nevesskaja (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Erycinidae Gray
1965Erycinidae Newell p. 19
1980Erycinidae Vokes p. 110
1990Erycinidae Beu et al. p. 397
1992Erycinidae Maxwell p. 71
2005Erycinidae Marquet
2009Erycinidae Nevesskaja

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
superfamilyLeptonoidea(Gray 1847)
familyErycinidaeGray 1847
familyErycinidaeGray 1847

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.

Fm. Erycinidae Gray 1847
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G. Arthritica Finlay 1927
G. Borniola Iredale 1924
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†Borniola kaawaensis Bartrum and Powell 1928
G. †Erycina Lamarck 1805
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Subg. Erycina (Erycina) Lamarck 1805
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Subg. †Erycina (Hemilepton) Cossmann 1911
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†Hemilepton nitidum Turton 1822
†Erycina aequorea Conrad 1833
†Erycina calvertensis Glenn 1904
†Erycina catalaunensis Cossmann 1883
†Erycina marylandica Glenn 1904
†Erycina pliculata Dall 1900
†Erycina pruna Glenn 1904
†Erycina rectilinearis Conrad 1833
†Erycina regifica Olsson 1914
†Erycina rickardia Glenn 1904
†Erycina speciosa Glenn 1904
†Erycina striatissima Cerulli-Irelli 1908
†Erycina whitfieldi Meyer 1886
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†Litigiella adelaidensis Ludbrook 1955
G. Melliteryx Iredale 1924
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G. Myllita d'Orbigny 1850
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G. Myllitella Finlay 1926
G. †Parvikellia Laseron 1956
G. Semeloidea Bartrum and Powell 1928
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†Semeloidea curryi Jeffery and Tracey 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: WU, MA, UN/BA, SU according to Todd (2001).f
Created: 2009-07-06 16:21:27
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:27:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piripauan to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 85.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piripauan85.8 - 83.5New Zealand Erycina sp. (78369 83521)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Denmark Erycina sp. (35039)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Erycina briarti (22931)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Poland Erycina sp. (3112)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Australia (Victoria) Erycinidae indet. (85124)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Erycina sp. (8104) Semeloidea curryi (3267)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Erycina longidentata (77608)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium Erycina longidentata (77611)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Erycina sp., Erycina tenuicula, Erycina ruellensis, Erycina brabantica (8124) Erycina trigonularis, Erycina grigonensis, Erycina ruellensis (8125)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Erycina zitteli (90704 92393)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Erycina trigonularis (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Erycina plicatula, Erycina whitfieldi, Mactropsis aequorea, Mactropsis rectilinearis (90600) Erycina plicatula, Mactropsis aequorea (205489) Mactropsis aequorea (2418 6788 81266 81278)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Erycina aotea (45037)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) Erycina koeneni (9132)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Oregon) Erycina sp. (201481 201483 201484)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Erycina indecisa (60985)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) Erycina sp., Erycina transversa (74865)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Erycinidae indet. (62882)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (Auckland) Rochefortula kaawaensis (84915)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Erycina actinophora (42642) Erycina fabulina, Erycina actinophora (42657 42663) Erycina fabulina, Erycina curtidens, Erycina actinophora (42482 42605) Erycina scaptera (42272 42367) Erycina undosa (42225 42281 42328 42366) Erycina undosa, Erycina scaptera (42443)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Erycina striatissima (111599)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Semeloidea miocenica (67898)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Netherlands Erycina subquadrangularis (186883 186884)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Erycina backlundi (61903) Erycina backlundi, Hemilepton mionitidum (61902) Hemilepton mionitidum (61895)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) Erycina ambigua (37379)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Semierycina kautskyi (48092)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium Erycinidae indet. (77868)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Italy Hemilepton nitidum (207782)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Pythina semperi (70077)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Myllita hindmarshensis, Litigiella adelaidensis (63439)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Erycina sp. (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) Erycina renieri, Erycina longicallis, Erycina pusilla (209253)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Lepton depressum (84755)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Semierycina kautskyi, Erycina depressa (86801) Semierycina kautskyi, Semierycina nitida, Erycina depressa (86802)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (New Guinea) Erycina lineata (42399)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Erycina carolinensis (59307)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Erycina olssoni (69090 69094) Erycina olssoni, Erycina pura (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Western Cape) Melliteryx capensis (118306)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Semierycina kautskyi (86806) Semierycina kautskyi, Semierycina nitida (86803 86804 86805)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) Erycina carolinensis (71138)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium Semierycina kautskyi (86807)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Erycina phaseola (79331 79787)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Lepton nitidum (97966 97967 97968 97969)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Erycina carolinensis (59316 59317)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Erycina sp. (237610)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Erycina sp. (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Melliteryx acupuncta (63351)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Erycina carolinensis (60928)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Pythina mactroides (127615)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) Melliteryx mactroides (110492)