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Dosinia acetabulum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Artemis acetabulum was named by Conrad (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Dosinia (Dosinidia) acetabulum by Dall (1903), Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Dosinia (Artemis) acetabulum by Anderson (1929); it was recombined as Dosinia (Dosinia) acetabulum by Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Dosinia acetabulum by Conrad (1862), Glenn (1904), Olsson (1922), Ward (1992), Ward (1993), Ward (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Artemis acetabulum Conrad p. 29 figs. pl. 6, fig. 1
1862Dosinia acetabulum Conrad p. 575
1903Dosinia (Dosinidia) acetabulum Dall p. 63
1904Dosinia acetabulum Glenn p. 315
1922Dosinia acetabulum Olsson p. 231
1929Dosinia (Artemis) acetabulum Anderson p. 166
1943Dosinia (Dosinidia) acetabulum Gardner p. 120
1982Dosinia (Dosinia) acetabulum Woodring p. 695
1992Dosinia acetabulum Ward p. 101
1993Dosinia acetabulum Ward
1998Dosinia acetabulum Ward p. 85

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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
speciesacetabulum(Conrad 1832)

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 acetabulum Conrad 1832
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Dosinia acetabulum (59748 92759 92769) Dosinia acetabulum, Dosinia acetabulum (59364)
Early/Lower Miocene - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Dosinia acetabulum (173047)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Delaware) Dosinia acetabulum (18579)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Maryland) Dosinia acetabulum (79101 79102)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Dosinia acetabulum (55517 69023)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Dosinia acetabulum (55396 60376 70828 70830 70832 70844 70845 70846 79103 79104 79105 79106 79107 79108 79109 79110 79111 79112 79113 79114 79115 79116 79352 79353)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Dosinia acetabulum (71643)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Dosinia acetabulum (71632 71637)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Dosinia acetabulum (134661)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Dosinia acetabulum (70853 71635 71636)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Dosinia acetabulum (51722 51727 59303 59304 59305 59306 68978 69032)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Dosinia acetabulum (88297)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Haiti Dosinia acetabulum (60102)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Dosinia acetabulum (79754 79756)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Dosinia acetabulum (60940)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Dosinia acetabulum (59329)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Dosinia acetabulum (134656 134666)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Dosinia acetabulum (60660 78262 78264 78265 78266 78268 78271 79245 80036)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Dosinia acetabulum (59486)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Dosinia acetabulum (134652 134676)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Mexico (Veracruz) Dosinia acetabulum (59292)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Dosinia acetabulum (80033 80035)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Artemis acetabulum (92407)