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Sphaerium (fingernail clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae

Taxonomy
Sphaerium was named by Scopoli (1777) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8689]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Sphaeriidae by Schultz and Cheatum (1970), Shoshani et al. (1989), Lamprell and Healy (1998); to Pisidiidae by Vokes (1980), Roth and Hartman (1998); and to Sphaeriinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Sphaerium Scopoli
1970Sphaerium Schultz and Cheatum p. 842
1980Sphaerium Vokes p. 166
1989Sphaerium Shoshani et al. p. 435
1998Sphaerium Lamprell and Healy p. 184
1998Sphaerium Roth and Hartman
2010Sphaerium Bouchet et al.

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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)
genusSphaeriumScopoli 1777

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. Sphaerium Scopoli 1777 [fingernail clam]
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†Sphaerium cooperi Arnold 1909
Sphaerium hartmanni Jickeli 1874
†Sphaerium nitidum Clessin 1976
Sphaerium rivicola Lamarck 1818
†Sphaerium stewartensis Firby 1966
†Sphaerium tasmanicum Tenison-Woods 1876
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Rancholabrean or 161.50000 to 0.01400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 143.1 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1China (Liaoning) Sphaerium sp. 1 (29712)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Sphaerium dayaoense (36973)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Japan (Ishikawa) Sphaerium sp. (32324 50357)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Liaoning) Sphaerium selenginense, Sphaerium jeholense (36972)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Sphaerium selenginense, Sphaerium jeholense (36971)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Sphaerium sp. (22689)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Sphaerium recticardinale (47816)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Sphaerium planum (14446)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Sphaerium sp. (14620)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Sphaerium sp. (14514)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Sphaerium sp. (47034)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Sphaerium formosum, Sphaerium fowleri (14569)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Sphaerium subellipticum (54105)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Sphaerium beckmani, Sphaerium subellipticum (192041) Sphaerium sp. (142492)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8Canada (Alberta) Sphaerium sp. (22925)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Sphaerium formosum, Sphaerium fowleri (22879) Sphaerium fowleri (22885 22912)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France Sphaerium sp. (182667)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Nevada) Sphaerium sp. (135745)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Sphaerium sp. (34615)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Sphaerium rivicola (231125) Sphaerium sp. (231110)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Sphaerium cynodon (19447)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Sphaerium sp. (174455)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Sphaerium angulare (70097)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Sphaerium cynodon (217347 217348 217349 217350)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Sphaerium sp. (35239 35240)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Oregon) Sphaerium sp. (225472)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Sphaerium sp. (207705)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Sphaerium corneum (50274)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Sphaerium simile (20293) Sphaerium sp. (20352 20426)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Sphaerium corneum (36015)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Normandie Region) Sphaerium sp. (36391)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Sphaerium sp. (183080)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Michigan) Sphaerium sp., Sphaerium striatinum (70130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sphaerium striatinum (93554)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Sphaerium sp. (63150)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Sphaerium hartmanni (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Sphaerium sp. (93208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sphaerium striatinum (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Sphaerium striatinum (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Sphaerium sp. (194846)