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Pleiorytis caroniana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Petricola caroniana was named by Maury (1925).

It was recombined as Pleiorytis caroniana by Vokes (1938) and Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Petricola caroniana Maury p. 274
1938Pleiorytis caroniana Vokes p. 15
1982Pleiorytis caroniana Woodring p. 709710

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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
familyPetricolina(Deshayes 1839)
genusPleiorytisConrad 1862
speciescaroniana(Maury 1925)

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.

Pleiorytis caroniana Maury 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: boringf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 18:17:11
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:17:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 20.44000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Pleiorytis caroniana (60144)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Pleiorytis caroniana (60637 81976)