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Clementia (Clementia) dariena

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Meretrix dariena was named by Conrad (1855) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; circum-Caribbean.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Clementia dariena by Toula (1909), Brown and Pilsbry (1911), Olsson (1922), Woods (1922) and Clark and Durham (1946); it was recombined as Clementia (Clementia) dariena by Woodring (1925), Weisbord (1929), Anderson (1929), Barrios (1960), Olsson (1964), Woodring (1982), Perrilliat (1992) and Perrilliat (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Meretrix dariena Conrad p. 18
1909Clementia dariena Toula p. 725
1911Clementia dariena Brown and Pilsbry p. 371
1922Clementia dariena Olsson p. 232
1922Clementia dariena Woods p. 113
1925Clementia brasiliana Maury p. 423 figs. pl. 24, fig. 3
1925Clementia (Clementia) dariena Woodring p. 34
1929Clementia (Clementia) dariena Anderson p. 167
1929Clementia (Clementia) dariena Weisbord p. 24
1946Clementia dariena Clark and Durham p. 63
1960Clementia (Clementia) dariena Barrios p. 258
1964Clementia (Clementia) dariena Olsson p. 60
1982Clementia (Clementia) dariena Woodring p. 699
1992Clementia (Clementia) dariena Perrilliat p. 16
1994Clementia (Clementia) dariena Perrilliat p. 239

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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
subfamilyClementiina(Frizzell 1936)
genusClementiaGray 1847
subgenusClementiaGray 1842
speciesdariena()

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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†Clementia dariena vetula Woodring 1926
Invalid names: Clementia brasiliana Maury 1925 [synonym]
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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 16:33:59
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:33:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 37.20000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Venezuela Clementia dariena (42791 42792 134866 134867)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Puerto Rico Clementia rabelli (80189 80190 80191 80192 80193 80194)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Venezuela (Falcon) Clementia dariena (61213)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Clementia dariena (93695)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico Clementia dariena (93675 93694)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Clementia dariena (42608 42628 42631 93039)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Clementia brasiliana (60984) Clementia dariena (65162 112580 112582 112590)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ecuador (Manabi) Clementia dariena (60769)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru (Tumbes) Clementia dariena (58999 59001)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ecuador (Guayas) Clementia dariena (61061 61065)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru Clementia dariena (66141 66178 93748)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Clementia dariena (135496)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Clementia dariena (42615 42616 42617 42618 42619 49493)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Clementia dariena (179723)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Clementia dariena (43063 60144 60703 60705 60707 60708 60710)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Clementia dariena (156327 156691 156751 156752 156753 156754 160776 161892)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Clementia dariena (157830)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Clementia dariena (58454)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Michoacan) Clementia dariena (66162 66163 66164 66166 76566)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Guayas) Clementia dariena (61086 61087 61093)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Trinidad and Tobago Clementia dariena (96522)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Clementia dariena (60678 60679)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Veracruz) Clementia dariena (91583)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Clementia dariena (130981)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Clementia dariena (52170 52172 52174 82119 82121 82124 82125 93145 93147 93150 93159 93160 93162 93163 93164 93165 93166 93171 93177 134661)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Clementia dariena (61024 61025 61029 135504)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Clementia dariena (142922)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Clementia dariena (88305 88308 88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Clementia dariena (61022 61031 61032)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Clementia dariena (81976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Clementia dariena (88296 88297 97682 97692 131219 131220)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Clementia dariena (134659 134676)