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Pholadomya puschi

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Taxonomy

Pholadomya puschi was named by Goldfuss (1840) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Early Miocene; Europe, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. agrioensis, P. angustata, P. anterumbonis, P. aubri, P. bellona, P. coahuilensis, P. coloradoensis, P. cordata, P. deltoidea, P. foliacea, P. franciscae, P. hemicardia, P. intermedia, P. kamtschatica, P. kingi, P. leonensis, P. murchisoni, P. plagemani, P. plagemanii, P. plagemanni, P. weissi, P. cornueliana, P. constricta, P. uitoe, P. hudsoni, P. alpina, P. beaumontensis, P. oretiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1840	Pholadomya puschi Goldfuss p. 273
1928	Pholadomya puschi Vredenburg p. 462

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Pholadomyida	()
superfamily	Pholadomyoidea	King 1844
family	Pholadomyidae	King 1844
genus	Pholadomya	Sowerby 1823
species	puschi	Goldfuss 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.

†Pholadomya puschi Goldfuss 1840

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

deep infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-10-09 06:48:13

Modified:

2009-10-10 16:18:40

Source: f = family, c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Chattian or 41.30000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Romania	Pholadomya puschi (101888)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Bulgaria	Pholadomya puschi (102289)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Germany (Bavaria)	Pholadomya puschi (10703)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Italy	Pholadomya puschi (78565)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Bulgaria (Kurdzhali)	Pholadomya puschi (102406)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Romania	Pholadomya puschi (101967 101968 101974)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.03	Bulgaria (Plovdiv)	Pholadomya puschi (102408)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Hungary	Pholadomya puschi (8338)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Austria (Upper Austria)	Pholadomya puschi (55237)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Hungary	Pholadomya puschi (8211)