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Taxonomy
Galeommatacea was named by Gray (1840) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6073]. It is extant.
It was corrected as Galeommatoidea by Coan et al. (2000), Rosenberg (2005), Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Heterodonta by Rosenberg (2005); to Veneroida by Vokes (1980), Beu et al. (1990), Coan et al. (2000), Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006); to Lucinoida by Nevesskaja (2009); to Venerida by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Leptonidina by Carter et al. (2011).
It was corrected as Galeommatoidea by Coan et al. (2000), Rosenberg (2005), Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Heterodonta by Rosenberg (2005); to Veneroida by Vokes (1980), Beu et al. (1990), Coan et al. (2000), Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006); to Lucinoida by Nevesskaja (2009); to Venerida by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Leptonidina by Carter et al. (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1840 | Galeommatacea Gray |
| 1980 | Galeommatacea Vokes p. 109 |
| 1990 | Galeommatacea Beu et al. pp. 396, 397 |
| 2000 | Galeommatoidea Coan et al. p. 258 |
| 2005 | Galeommatoidea Rosenberg |
| 2006 | Galeommatoidea Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 232 |
| 2009 | Galeommatoidea Nevesskaja |
| 2010 | Galeommatoidea Bouchet et al. |
| 2011 | Galeommatoidea Carter et al. p. 17 |
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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.
Superfm. Galeommatoidea Gray 1840
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Fm. Galeommatidae Gray 1840
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G. Ambuscintilla Iredale 1936
G. †Ephippodonta Tate 1889
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Subg. †Ephippodonta (Ephippodonta) Tate 1889
Subg. †Ephippodonta (Ephippodontoana) Habe 1951
G. Galeomma Turton 1825
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Subg. †Galeomma (Galeomma) Turton 1825
Subg. †Galeomma (Paralepidae) Dall 1899
G. †Lasaeina Cossmann 1910
G. †Laseina Cossmann 1910
G. †Passya
G. Scintilla Deshayes 1856
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†Scintilla alabamiensis Cossmann 1893
†Scintilla clarkeana Aldrich 1897
Scintilla philippinensis Deshayes 1856
Scintilla thoracica Gould 1861
G. Scintillona Finlay 1927
G. Spaniorinus Dall 1899
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†Solecardia (Spaniorinus) cossmanni Dall 1900
†Spaniorinus cimbricus Kautsky 1925
†Spaniorinus nicolleti Speden 1970
Invalid names: Chlamydoconchidae Dall 1884 [synonym], Cyamionematidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [synonym], Ephippodontidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [synonym], Vasconiellidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [synonym]
Fm. Lasaeidae Gray 1842 [kelly clam]
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G. Aligena Lea 1843 [aligena clam]
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Subg. Aligena (Aligena) Lea 1843
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†Aligena (Aligena) diegoana Hertlein and Grant 1972
†Aligena (Aligena) orbicularis Wood 1840
†Aligena aequata Conrad 1843
†Aligena cerritensis Arnold 1903
Aligena cokeri Dall 1909
Aligena elevata Stimpson 1851
†Aligena pustulosa Dall 1898
†Aligena striata Lea 1843
Aligena texasiana Harry 1969
Invalid names: Kelliopsis Verrill and Bush 1898 [synonym], Orobitella Dall 1900 [synonym]
G. Cymatioa Berry 1963
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Cymatioa electilis Berry 1963
Invalid names: Crenimargo Berry 1963 [replaced]
G. Diarmaidia Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012
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Diarmaidia bidentata Montague 1803
Diarmaidia egretta Olsson 1961
Diarmaidia jingchunae Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012
Diarmaidia zorritensis Olsson 1961
G. Kellia Fischer 1884
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†Kellia ambigua Nyst and Westendorp 1839
†Kellia antiqua Marwick 1926
†Kellia cycladia Wood 1840
†Kellia lajollaensis Hanna 1927
†Kellia micans Tate 1887
†Kellia pumila Wood 1840
†Kellia rotunda Deshayes 1855
†Kellia rotundula Glenn 1904
†Kellia saxiriva Hickman 2015
Kellia suborbicularis Montague 1803 [suborbicular kellyclam]
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Invalid names: Kellia laperousii Deshayes 1839 [synonym]
†Kellia twinensis Clark 1925
†Kellia uvasana Dickerson 1915
†Kellia vokesi Hickman 2015
Invalid names: Chironia Deshayes 1839 [synonym]
G. Kurtiella Gofas and Salas 2008
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Kurtiella ellipticum Carpenter 1857
Kurtiella garfinkleae Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012
Kurtiella lediforme Olsson 1961
Kurtiella pedroana Dall 1899
Kurtiella regueroae Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012
Kurtiella sublaevis Carpenter 1857
Kurtiella tumida Carpenter 1864 [robust mysella]
Kurtiella umbonatum Carpenter 1857
G. Lasaea Brown 1827
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Lasaea adansoni Gmelin 1791 [reddish lepton]
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Invalid names: Amphidesma nucleola Lamarck 1818 [synonym], Bornia seminulum Philippi 1836 [synonym], Cardium rubrum Montagu 1803 [synonym], Lasaea cistula Keen 1938 [synonym], Lasaea subviridis Dall 1899 [synonym]
†Lasaea australis Lamarck 1818
G. Neaeromya Gabe 1873
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Neaeromya margarita Olsson 1961
Neaeromya obliqua Harry 1969
Neaeromya rugifera Carpenter 1864
Neaeromya subquadrata Gabb 1872
Neaeromya zorrita Olsson 1961
G. Scacchia Philippi 1844
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Subg. †Scacchia (Austroscintilla)
Subg. Scacchia (Scacchia) Philippi 1844
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†Scacchia (Scacchia) degrangei Cossmann and Peyrot 1911
Scacchia (Scacchia) elliptica Scacchi 1833
Invalid names: Borniinae Bernard 1983 [empty], Leptonidae Gray 1847 [synonym], Orobitellinae Bernard 1983 [empty], Scacchiidae Récluz 1869 [synonym], Thecodontinae Bernard 1983 [empty]
Invalid names: Ephippiodontidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the 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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (187 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | Spaniorinus nicolleti (88510 88511) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | Spaniorinus nicolleti (1320) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | Scintilla ramoni (7480) | |
| Danian | Belgium | Divarikellia montensis, Spaniorinus capillacea (22931) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Alabama) | Lepton vaughani (92375) Scintilla clarkeana (92269) | |
| Eocene | USA (California) | Corbula harrisi, Corbula uvasana (207112) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | Kellia lajollaensis (200743) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | Kellia microstriatula (205533) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | Kellia interstriata (98501) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Texas) | Kellia sp., Scintilla sp. (205430) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Kellia sp. (205489) Scintilla alabamiensis (90600) | |
| Bartonian | France (Oise) | Lepton pusiolum (3494) | |
| Kaiatan | New Zealand (South Island) | Kellia antiqua (205813) | |
| Kaiatan | New Zealand | Kellia antiquata (67839) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Kellia sp. (39662) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Oregon) | Kellia saxiriva (39948) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Essonne) | Kellia raulini (9183) | |
| Chattian | USA (Washington) | Kellia twinensis (52357 52362) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Germany | Lasaea sp. (70002) | |
| Aquitanian | France (Aquitaine) | Kellya sp., Spaniorinus burdigalensis, Spaniorinus inaequilateralis, Lepton transversarium (74865) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Germany | Lasaeina austriaca (171410) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Ecuador (Guayas) | Temblornia virgata (96513) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Aligena sp. (62884) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany | Lasaeina antwerpiensis, Spaniorinus cimbricus, Scacchia degrangei, Lepton transversum (111599) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Florida) | Aligena lineata (42605 42657 42663) Aligena lineata, Aligena pustulosa (42482) Aligena pustulosa (41760) | |
| Burdigalian | France (Bordeaux) | Spaniorinus burdigalensis (48660) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Belgium | Spaniorinus cimbricus (114830) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Kellia vokesi (18285) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Netherlands | Mysella bidentata (186884) Mysella bidentata, Spaniorinus cimbricus, Lepton transversarium (186883) | |
| Middle Miocene | Poland | Lasaea rubra (51689) | |
| Middle Miocene | Bulgaria | Lepton punctatum (60288) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Lasaeina antwerpiensis, Properycina edlaueri, Spaniorinus bobiesi, Scacchia degrangei (61897) Lepton transversarium (61904) Mysella bidentata (61900) Properycina edlaueri, Mysella bidentata, Lepton transversarium (61896) Scacchia degrangei (61898 61905) Spaniorinus austroexcelsus (61902) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Florida) | Aligena lineata (42886 42888 43036 94810 136943) Aligena lineata, Aligena sp., Aligena pustulosa (43014) Aligena lineata, Bornia virgata (42870) Aligena sp., Aligena lineata, Aligena pustulosa, Bornia virgata (111204) Bornia virgata (42692 68970) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Aligena aequata (79108 79110 79111 79114 79352) Solecardia cossmani, Aligena aequata (79103) | |
| Tortonian | Denmark | Lepton transversarium (98312) | |
| Tortonian | Belgium | Aligena sp., Scacchia degrangei (77870) Scacchia degrangei (77862 77863 77864 77865 77866 77867 77868 77869 77871) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | Temblornia sp. (145524) Temblornia virgata (52170 93149) | |
| Tortonian | Italy (Pordenone) | Lepton transversarium (37379) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Properycina micans (63435) Properycina torrensensis (63439) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Italy | Lepton squamosum, Phascoliophila phascolionis (207782) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Greece (Rhodes) | Spaniorinus sp. (122994) | |
| Zanclean | United Kingdom (England) | Lepton squamosum, Kellia suborbicularis, Kellia orbicularis, Kellia ambigua, Kellia elliptica, Kellia cycladia, Kellia pumila, Kellia rubra, Montacuta bidentata (84755) Montacuta bidentata (84763) | |
| Zanclean | Belgium | Kellia suborbicularis, Mysella bidentata, Aligena orbicularis, Lasaeina ambigua (86801) Lasaeina farnesiniana, Kellia suborbicularis, Mysella bidentata, Lasaeina ambigua (86802) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Lepton trigonale (166744) | |
| Pliocene | Belgium | Mysella bidentata (76982) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Virginia) | Aligena aequata (78269) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (North Carolina) | Aligena rhomboidea (59307 69018) Aligena striata (58895) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | Neaeromya menotreta (58522) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Indonesia | Kellia sp. (70084) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (California) | Chironia suborbicularis (200412) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (South Carolina) | Aligena aequata (92412) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | United Kingdom (England) | Kellia ambigua (84759) Kellia suborbicularis, Kellia ambigua, Montacuta bidentata (84764) | |
| Piacenzian | Belgium | Lasaeina farnesiniana, Scacchia elliptica, Mysella bidentata, Lasaeina ambigua (86805) Mysella bidentata (86803) Scacchia elliptica, Mysella bidentata, Lasaeina ambigua (86804) | |
| Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas) | Kellia sp. (79794) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Kellia laperousii (189542) Kellia laperousii, Mysella tumida, Aligena diegoana (122752) | |
| Gelasian | USA (North Carolina) | Aligena striata (71138) | |
| Gelasian | USA (California) | Kellia laperousii (189765) Rochefortia tumida (207663) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Ecuador (Manabi) | Bornia venada, Mysella compressa (48665) Solecardia sp., Galeommatacea indet., Aligena cokeri, Orobitella zorrita, Orobitella margarita, Mysella compressa (48664) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Aligena striata (58897 69043) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Kellia pumila (98037) Kellia sp., Mysella bidentata (97964) Lepton nitidium (98034 98035 98039) Lepton nitidium, Mysella bidentata (98033 98040) Mysella bidentata (97962 97963 97966) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (California) | Lasaea subviridus (202496) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Lasaea cistula (223075) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New Jersey) | Aligena elevata (66626) | |
| Pleistocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Kellia laperousi (96593) Kellia laperousi, Lasaea subviridus (96592) Lasaea cistula, Kellia laperousi, Lasaea subviridus (96590) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Aligena cerritensis (240568) Rochefortia tumida, Chironia suborbicularis (201624) | |
| Quaternary | USA (California) | Lasaea cistula (37933 37934 37936 37939 37940 37943 37945 37947) Lasaea cistula, Kellia laperousii (37948) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Kellia laperousii (138723 222665) Kellia suborbicularis, Kellia laperousii (222664) Kellia suborbicularis, Kellia laperousii, Bornia retifera (222663) Lasaea cistula (202492) Lasaea subviridus (202493 202494) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | Montacuta bidentata (127636) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Poland | Mysella bidentata (64001 64027) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Kellia laperousi, Lasaea subviridus (96591) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | Aligena elevata (66721) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Mexico (Baja California) | Lasaea sp. (89573 194405) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Lasaeidae indet. (63351) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Alaska) | Mysella tumida (37632) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Corse) | Lasaea rubra (84939) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Mysella bidentata (98196 98197 98200 98201 98205) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Aligena elevata (61267) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Aligena cerritensis (219029 219030 222661) Bornia retifera, Aligena cerritensis (59063) Kellia laperousi (240644) Kellia laperousi, Aligena cerritensis (160361) Kellia laperousii (240555) Kellia laperousii, Bornia retifera, Aligena cerritensis (96566) Kellia suborbicularis (240594) Lasaea subviridus (202490) Mysella tumida (37672 96900 96901) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | Kellia suborbicularis (96867) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Sonora) | Orobitella obliqua (44963) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Aligena elevata (66760) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Kellia minutissima (97961) Lepton subrotundum, Scintilla thoracica (96945) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Türkiye | Lasaea rubra (78333) Lasaea rubra, Mysella bidentata (78332) | |
| Holocene | France | Galeomma turtoni (56803) | |
| Holocene | USA (Louisiana) | Aligena texasiana, Lepton lepidum (41935 92776) | |
| Holocene | Argentina | Lasaea sp. (71601 71602 71603) |