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Periglypta caesarina

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cytherea caesarina was named by Dall (1903).

It was recombined as Antigona caesarina by Cooke (1919); it was recombined as Periglypta caesarina by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Cytherea caesarina Dall p. 1275 figs. 53: 5
1916Cytherea caesarina Dall p. 500
1919Antigona caesarina Cooke p. 150
1982Periglypta caesarina Woodring p. 680

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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
genusPeriglyptaJukes-Browne 1914
speciescaesarina(Dall 1903)

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.

Periglypta caesarina Dall 1903
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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 16:37:50
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:37:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 33.90000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Antigona caesarina (60824 60831 60834 60838)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Antigona caesarina (42250)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Anguilla Antigona caesarina (179133)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Antigona caesarina (58522)