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Pisidium (pea clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Pisidium Pfeiffer
1970Pisidium Schultz and Cheatum p. 842
1980Pisidium Vokes p. 166
1982Pisidium Woodring p. 679
1998Pisidium Lamprell and Healy p. 186
2003Pisidium Kiessling
2010Pisidium Bouchet et al.
2015Pisidium Mandic et al. p. 202

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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)
DreissenoiteiMoore 1952
superfamilySphaerioideaDeshayes 1854
familySphaeriidaeDeshayes 1855
subfamilyPisidiinae(Gray 1857)
genusPisidiumPfeiffer 1821

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. Pisidium Pfeiffer 1821 [pea clam]
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Pisidium amnicum Müller 1774
Pisidium atopum Woodring 1982
Pisidium bellardii Brusina 1884
Pisidium henslowianum Sheppard 1825
Pisidium leslieae Firby 1966
Pisidium medlicottianum Hislop 1859
Pisidium nitidum Jenyns 1832
Pisidium obtusale Lamarck 1818
Pisidium personatum Malm 1855
Pisidium pulchellum Jenyns 1831
Pisidium pusillum Turton 1819
Pisidium solitarium Neumayr 1875
Pisidium victoriae Mandahl-Barth 1954
Pisidium vincentianum Woodward 1913
Pisidium vukovici Neubauer et al. 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:30:15
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:30:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Pisidium squamula (14569)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Panama Pisidium atopum (42556 42557)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Pisidium casertanum (126917)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Bosnia and Herzegovina Pisidium bellardii (231252 231253 231256 231257) Pisidium vukovici, Pisidium bellardii (231251)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Peru Pisidium sp. (143046)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Portugal (Santarém) Pisidium sp. (38137 38139)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Poland Pisidium sp. (231087)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Türkiye (Central Anatolia) Pisidium annandalei, Pisidium casertanum (37154) Pisidium personatum (37186)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Croatia Pisidium sp. (68221 68266)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria Pisidium personatum (231088)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Pisidium personatum (32649)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Valencia) Pisidium casertanunt (40758)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Pisidium sp. (174455)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Central Macedonia) Pisidium casertanum (32189)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Pisidium sp. (172910 199859)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Croatia Pisidium solitarium (185964)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Oregon) Pisidium sp. (226540)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Pisidium compressum, Pisidium ultramontanum (276415)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Nevada) Pisidium compressum (276419)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Pisidium sp. (35230 35231 35233 35239 35242)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Pisidium sp. (51766)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Oregon) Pisidium sp. (225472)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Spain (Granada) Pisidium sp. (35182 35194 35222)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania Pisidium sp. (40802)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Pisidium amnicum (50274)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pisidium sp. (227396)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Germany (Bayern) Pisidium nitidum (277009)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Pisidium compressum (20293)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Arizona) Pisidium sp. (190076)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Pisidium sp. (240844)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Michigan) Pisidium compressum, Pisidium dubium, Pisidium idahoense, Pisidium milium, Pisidium variabile, Pisidium ventricosum, Pisidium nitidum (70130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Serres) Pisidium sp. (204956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Pisidium moitessierianum, Pisidium sp. (64124) Pisidium sp. (63978 64111 64129)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Pisidium noveboracense, Pisidium abditum (37788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Pisidium victoriae (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Nevada) Pisidium sp. (224638)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Pisidium dubium (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Pisidium milium, Pisidium ventricosum, Pisidium casertanum (174230) Pisidium ventricosum, Pisidium casertanum (174229)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Pisidium casertanum, Pisidium nitidum (163070) Pisidium casertanum, Pisidium subtruncatum, Pisidium obtusale, Pisidium vincentianum (163075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Pisidium subtruncatum (93556)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pisidium compressum (20273)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Pisidium nitidum (93554)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Pisidium sp. (56806)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Pisidium victoriae (22067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya (Nak-Elment.Basin) Pisidium indet. (22500)