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Codakia orbicularis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Venus orbicularis was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTIBUTION: Florida-circum Caribbean.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Codakia.

It was recombined as Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis by Cox et al. (1969), Powell (2008); it was recombined as Codakia orbicularis by Scopoli (1777), Taylor and Glover (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Venus orbicularis Linnaeus p. 688
1777Codakia orbicularis Scopoli p. 398
1969Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Cox et al. p. 494
2008Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Powell p. 14
2021Codakia orbicularis Taylor and Glover p. 148 figs. 69a-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyCodakiinae(Korobkov 1954)
genusCodakiaScopoli 1777
speciesorbicularis(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Codakia orbicularis Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:59:04
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:06:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Codakia orbicularis (74935)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Codakia orbicularis (58867)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Codakia orbicularis (75042)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Codakia orbicularis (41552)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Codakia orbicularis (74968 74970)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Colombia Codakia orbicularis (97677)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Colombia (La Guajira) Codakia orbicularis (136994 156719 157967 157969)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Codakia orbicularis (131210 131217 131237 131363)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Venezuela (Sucre) Codakia orbicularis (41556)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Codakia orbicularis (41718 61309 79334 79335 79338)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti Codakia orbicularis (60880 60881 60884 60886 60888 66811 66812)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Cuba Codakia orbicularis (66764)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Codakia orbicularis (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Codakia orbicularis (67069)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Codakia orbicularis (67947 67969)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Codakia orbicularis (80676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Codakia orbicularis (80835 80837 80853 80854)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Codakia orbicularis (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Codakia orbicularis (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Codakia orbicularis (80407 80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Codakia orbicularis (67948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Codakia orbicularis (96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Codakia orbicularis (131223)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Codakia orbicularis (209855)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia Codakia orbicularis (97680)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Codakia orbicularis (97607)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Codakia orbicularis (75421)