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Dosinia chipolana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Dosinia (Dosinidia) chipolana was named by Dall (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 114576, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Dosinia chipolana by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Dosinia (Dosinidia) chipolana Dall p. 1229 figs. pl. 54, fig. 4
1947Dosinia (Dosinidia) chipolana Gardner p. 153
2008Dosinia chipolana Hendy 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
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyDosiniini(Deshayes 1858)
genusDosiniaScopoli 1777
specieschipolana(Dall 1903)

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.

Dosinia chipolana Dall 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:34:29
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:34:29
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Dosina chipolana (61072 61073)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (South Carolina) Dosinia chipolana (92430)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Dosinia chipolana (41760 42225 42250 42281 42328 42366 42367 42424 42443 68971)