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Arcopsis adamsi

Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae

Taxonomy
Arca adamsi was named by Dall (1886) [DISTRIBUTION: Florida-Brazil.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Barbatia (Fossularca) adamsi by Dall (1898); it was recombined as Fossularca (Fossularca) adamsi by Woodring (1925), DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Quadrilatera adamsi by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); it was recombined as Arcopsis adamsi by Rosenberg (2005), Massemin et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Arca adamsi Dall p. 243
1898Barbatia (Fossularca) adamsi Dall pp. 629-630
1925Fossularca (Fossularca) adamsi Woodring p. 51
1958Fossularca (Fossularca) adamsi DuBar p. 155
1987Quadrilatera adamsi Ward and Blackwelder p. 137
2005Arcopsis adamsi Rosenberg
2009Arcopsis adamsi Massemin et al. p. 264

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyNoetiidaeStewart 1930
genusArcopsisKoenen 1885
speciesadamsi(Dall 1886)

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.

Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 08:58:38
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:58:38
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Arcopsis adamsi (60985)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Arca adamsi (41760 42365 42424 42482 42605)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Arca adamsi (43024 43032 94810) Arcopsis adamsi (111204)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Arcopsis adamsi (60405 60634)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Arcopsis adamsi (60412 60414 60415 60416 60417)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) Arcopsis adamsi (75010)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Arca adamsi (59484) Arcopsis adamsi (69044)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Arcopsis adamsi (131237)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Arcopsis adamsi (69089 69090 69094) Fossularca adamsi (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela (Carabobo) Arcopsis adamsi (41540)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Arcopsis adamsi (69043 79340 80033)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Arcopsis adamsi (61309 69029 74999 75001 79786) Fossularca adamsi (41497 41498 41501 41539 41718 79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Arca adamsi (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Arca adamsi (92408 92409)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Arca adamsi (75425)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Cuba Arca adamsi (66775)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Arcopsis adamsi (80030)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Fossularca adamsi (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Arcopsis adamsi (67960)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Arcopsis adamsi (61310 67069 80046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Arcopsis adamsi (61311 69034 69040 69087 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Arca adamsi (66758) Arcopsis adamsi (60929 69046)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Arcopsis adamsi (97607 97610)