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Retrotapes

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Retrotapes was named by del Rio (1997). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tapetinae by Rosenberg (2005); and to Veneridae by Nielson and Valdovinos (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Retrotapes del Rio
2005Retrotapes Rosenberg
2008Retrotapes Nielson and Valdovinos p. 206

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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
tribeTapetini(Gray 1851)
genusRetrotapesdel Rio 1997

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.

G. Retrotapes del Rio 1997
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Retrotapes exalbida Dillwyn 1817
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Invalid names: Eurhomalea araucana Philippi 1887 [synonym], Venus aerea Hupé 1854 [synonym], Venus subalbicans Hupé 1854 [synonym]
†Retrotapes hanetianus d'Orbigny 1842
Retrotapes lenticularis Broderip and Sowerby 1835
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) R. striatolamellata, R. scutata (48068)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina R. scutata (71403 71427 71429) R. striatolamellata (71540 71542 71543 185967 185968)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Chile Eurhomalea araucana (78556)
Pliocene - Holocene5.333 - 0.0Chile (Atacama) R. exalbidus (222329)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Peru Eurhomalea lenticularis (80406)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Chile Eurhomalea araucana (79203 79204 79205 79206 79207)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Chile R. exalbidus (89241)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Chile (Copiapó) Eurhomalea lenticularis (222834 222837 222876 222878)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Chile (Huasco) Eurhomalea lenticularis (223291)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Chile (Coquimbo) Eurhomalea lenticularis (222343)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Peru (Ica) Eurhomalea lenticularis (219105)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Moquegua) Eurhomalea lenticularis (43708 43710 43711 43717 43720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Eurhomalea lenticularis (76643 76647)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina R. exalbidus (71602 71603)