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Antigona aglaurae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus aglaurae was named by Brongniart (1823) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Italy, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Omphaloclathrum aglaurae by Sacco (1900); it was recombined as Venus (Omphaloclathrum) puerpera aglaurae by Vredenburg (1928); it was recombined as Antigona aglaurae by Eames (1950).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Venus aglaurae Brongniart p. 80 figs. pl. 5, fig. 5
1900Omphaloclathrum aglaurae Sacco p. 26
1928Venus (Omphaloclathrum) puerpera aglaurae Vredenburg p. 452
1950Antigona aglaurae Eames
1958Venus aglaurae Azzaroli p. 113

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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
speciesaglaurae(Brongniart 1823)

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 aglaurae Brongniart 1823
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Miocene or 33.90000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Venus puerpera (77157 77158)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Somalia Venus aglaurae (79048)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Pakistan Venus puerpera (77159)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Israel Antigona aglaurae (99603)