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Petricola (Petricolaria)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Petricolaria was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Petricola (Petricolaria) by Dall (1900).

It was assigned to Petricola by Dall (1900); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Petricola (Petricolaria) Dall
2002Petricolaria 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
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
tribeMeretriciniGray 1847
familyPetricolina(Deshayes 1839)
genusPetricolaLamarck 1801
subgenusPetricolaria

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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Petricola (Petricolaria) parallela Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
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Invalid names: Petricolaria lata Dall 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: boringg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:31:33
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:31:33
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 Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Pleiorytis calvertensis (60376 70844 70846)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Petricola carolinensis (59309 59310)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Petricola pholadiformis (59316)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Petricola pholadiformis (66604 66611 66612 66614 66618 66621 66622 66623 66626)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Delaware) Petricola pholadiformis (66703)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Petricola pholadiformis (59313)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Petricola pholadiformis (127636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Petricola pholadiformis (66724)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Petricola pholadiformis (61268)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Petricola pholadiformis (66746)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Petricola pholadiformis (57703 57705 57706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Petricola pholadiformis (60928 66755 66758) Petricola pholadiformis, Petricola lata (66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Petricola cognata (222659 222660) Petricola parallela (96589 240662) Petricolaria cognata (96930 96935 96936 96937 96938 96939)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Petricola pholadiformis (66721)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Petricola pholadiformis (41935 41940 92774 92776)