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Antigona granosa

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus granosa was named by Sowerby (1840) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, Armenia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venus (Omphaloclathrum) puerpera granosa by Vredenburg (1928); it was recombined as Antigona granosa by Cox (1936), Mukerjee (1939).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. proserpinae, A. shepardi, A. sanctaenoctis, A. thalestris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Venus granosa Sowerby p. 327 figs. pl. 15, fig. 7
1928Venus (Omphaloclathrum) puerpera granosa Vredenburg p. 453
1936Antigona granosa Cox p. 61
1939Antigona granosa Mukerjee p. 18
1958Venus granosa Azzaroli p. 114

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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
genusAntigonaSchumacher 1817
speciesgranosa(Sowerby 1840)

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.

†Antigona granosa Sowerby 1840
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 23.03000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Venus puerpera (77162 77171 77172 77400 77432)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Iran Antigona granosa (79067)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Antigona granosa (72033)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Antigona granosa (70086)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India Antigona granosa (78614)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Somalia Venus granosa (78897 78938 78947)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Antigona granosa (70078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Antigona granosa (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Iran Antigona granosa (79065)