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Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Venus concentrica was named by Born (1778). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dosinia concentrica by Holmes (1860); it was recombined as Dosinia (Dosinidia) concentrica by Olsson (1964); it was recombined as Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica by Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. angulosa, D. bensoni, D. juvenilis, D. lambata, D. meridionalis, D. ongleyi, D. steinmanni, D. striatissima, D. troscheli, D. whitleyi, D. lambata, D. cuspidata, D. palmeriae, D. ongleyi, D. kaneharai, D. kaneharai, D. mackayi, D. waiparaensis, D. maoriana, D. owadaensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1778	Venus concentrica Born
1860	Dosinia concentrica Holmes p. 37
1964	Dosinia (Dosinidia) concentrica Olsson p. 58
1982	Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica Woodring p. 694

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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)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Venerinae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Dosiniini	(Deshayes 1858)
genus	Dosinia	Scopoli 1777
subgenus	Dosinia	Scopoli 1777
species	concentrica	()

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.

Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica Born 1778

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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 16:34:29

Modified:

2009-09-04 18:34:29

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 Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Brazil (Maranhao)	Dosinia concentrica (112596 112598)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Brazil (Para)	Dosinia concentrica (65162 112584 112590)
Langhian - Serravallian	15.97 - 11.62	Brazil (Para)	Dosinia concentrica (58454)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Venezuela (Sucre)	Dosinia concentrica (41541 41550 41551 41554 41555)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Venezuela	Dosinia concentrica (131210 131237)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Venezuela (Tayabas)	Dosinia concentrica (41568)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Venezuela	Dosinis concentrica (131268)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Colombia	Dosinia concentrica (97679)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Venezuela	Dosinia concentrica (131223)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Colombia	Dosinia concentrica (97680)