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Dosinia (Dosinia) whitneyi

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Chione whitneyi was named by Gabb (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Oligocene; Pacific Coast, North America.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dosinia (Dosinidia) whitneyii by Clark (1918); it was recombined as Dosinia whitneyi by Addicott (1972); it was recombined as Dosinia (Dosinia) whitneyi by Moore (1963) and Addicott (1973).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Chione whitneyi Gabb pp. 23-24 figs. pl. 5, fig. 40
1869Dosinia mathewsonii Gabb p. 57 figs. PL 15, Fig. 16
1918Dosinia (Dosinidia) mathewsonii Clark pp. 141 - 142 figs. Plate 7, figures 1, 2, 5, 6, and 9
1918Dosinia (Dosinidia) whitneyii Clark p. 143 figs. Plate 7, figures 3 and 4
1930Dosinia mathewsonii Stewart pp. 230 - 231 figs. Plate 14, fig. 7
1931Dosinia (Dosinidia) mathewsonii Etherington p. 78
1932Dosinia (Dosinidia) mathewsonii Loel and Corey p. 216
1963Dosinia (Dosinia) whitneyi Moore p. 73 figs. Plate 24, figures 1-10
1972Dosinia whitneyi Addicott figs. pl. 1, fig. 4
1973Dosinia (Dosinia) whitneyi Addicott p. 36

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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
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyDosiniini(Deshayes 1858)
genusDosiniaScopoli 1777
subgenusDosiniaScopoli 1777
specieswhitneyi()

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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Invalid names: Dosinia mathewsonii Gabb 1869 [synonym]
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 Oligocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (California) Dosinia mathewsonii (71183 71185 71186 71187 71188 71190 71192 71194 71195 71197 71198 71200 71201)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) Dosinia whitneyi (72406 72407 72408 219727 219730 219736 219755 219756 219759) Dosinia whitneyi, Dosinia mathewsonii (122273)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Dosinia mathewsonii (180446) Dosinia whitneyi (11601)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Dosinia whitneyi (37580)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Dosinia mathewsonii (44912 44923 71217 203554)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Dosinia whitneyi (39805)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82USA (Oregon) Dosinia whitneyi (39592)