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Tivela (Pachydesma)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Trigonella Conrad
1915Tivela (Pachydesma) Clark p. 462
1923Tivela (Pachydesma) Wagner and Schilling p. 255
1925Tivela (Pachydesma) Oldroyd p. 6
2002Pachydesma Sepkoski

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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
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
genusTivelaLink 1807
subgenusPachydesma

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.

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Pachydesma sulcataria Vokes 1939
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Invalid names: Cytherea (Trigonella) crassatelloides Conrad 1837 [synonym], Tivela scarificata Berry 1940 [synonym]
Invalid names: Trigonella Conrad 1837 [replaced]
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 16:40:15
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:40:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Tivela weaveri (16712)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Pachydesma weaveri (200870 200877 200878)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Oregon) Pachydesma aragoensis (201047 201049)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Pachydesma aragoensis (203164)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Pachydesma gastonensis (209751)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (California) Pachydesma inezana (205787)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Tivela inezana (11601)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Tivela diabloensis (44912 44921) Tivela gabbi (167645) Tivela inezana (71216 71223 71225 71227 71228 71229 71230 94850 94854 94856 94857 94868 203554)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Tivela diabloensis (44940) Tivela gabbi (159672)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Tivela stultorum (97241 97242 97404)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) Tivela stultorum (154115)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Tivela stultorum (96887)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Tivela stultorum (186031)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Pachydesma crassatelloides (207661 207662 207706 207714 207716) Tivela stultorum (214277 214278 214279 214280 214286 214287)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Tivela stultorum (168757)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Tivela stultorum (96592 96594)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Tivela stultorum (201624)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Tivela crassatelloides (222663) Tivela stultorum (71051) Tivela stultorum, Tivela scarificata (138723)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Pachydesma crassatelloides (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pachydesma crassatelloides (222674) Tivela crassatelloides (222659 222660 222661 222662) Tivela stultorum (59063 96895 96936 160361 203417 219029 219030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Tivela stultorum (67641 67642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Mexico (Baja California) Tivela stultorum (191984)