Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Striarca

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Striarca was named by Conrad (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Striarcinae by Vokes (1980) and Ward (1992); to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Noetiidae by Lamprell and Healy (1998) and Vera-Peláez et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Striarca Conrad
1980Striarca Vokes p. 18
1992Striarca Ward p. 60
1998Striarca Lamprell and Healy p. 64
2002Striarca Sepkoski
2004Striarca Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyNoetiinaeStewart 1930
tribeStriarcini(MacNeil 1938)
genusStriarcaConrad 1862

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.

G. Striarca Conrad 1862
show all | hide all
†Striarca africana Newton 1922
†Striarca centenaria Say 1824
†Striarca compressa Martin 1883
†Striarca lamyi Koperberg 1931
†Striarca umbonata Conrad 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: intermediatef
Folds: minorf
Ribbing: majorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanic, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2008-11-18 16:46:55
Modified: 2010-02-18 01:07:43
Source: f = family
Reference: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (351 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Texas) S. webbervillensis (211326 225659 225660 225661 225662 225663 225668 225692)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) S. sp. (7617 7625)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) S. sp. (88610)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Striarca indet., S. umbonata (32142) S. umbonata (32139 32140 32141)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain S. amelai (1317)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Alabama) S. cuneata (1307) S. cuneata, S. prebrevis, S. sp. (1308) S. sp. (1306)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) S. cuneata (4524 4527 4530 4531 4532 4533 4535 4539 4541 4542 4543 4546 4547 4548 4556 4563 4565 4566 4568 4575 4576 4577 4578 4579 4581 4582 4586 4588 4590 4593 4594 4595 4596 4597 4598 4599 4604 4605 4606 4607 4608 4609 4621 4627 4633) S. cuneata, S. webbervillensis (4525 4587) S. cuneata, S. webbervillensis, S. sp. (1301) S. plummeri (1296 1392) S. sp. (1393 4537 4572 4585 4591 4601 4603 4635) S. webbervillensis (1297 1298 1299 1394 4611) S. webbervillensis, S. cuneata (1300)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Missouri) S. cuneata, S. saffordi (1295)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) S. sp. (1311)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) S. saffordi (4378 4380) S. saffordi, S. congesta (1313)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico S. sp. (1372)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) S. sp. (1302 4390)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Georgia) S. richardsi, S. cuneata (1309)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Colombia S. sp. (1375)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) S. prebrevis, S. richardsi, S. saffordi (1303) S. sp. (1305)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) S. cuneata (1348) S. saffordi (1312)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (California) S. n. sp. (224893)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) S. cuneata (4269 4277 4280 4281 4297 4298 4301 4317 4319 4337 4341) S. cuneata, S. saffordi (4265 4266 4267 4268 4282 4302 4303 4312 4313 4314 4318) S. cuneata, S. sp. (4279) S. saffordi (4294 4300 4320 4334) S. sp. (4293 4308 4315)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) S. cuneata (4239 4240 4241 4242 4253 4254) S. cuneata, S. saffordi (4275 4276 4286) S. cuneata, S. sp. (4263) S. saffordi (4246 4252 4259 4283 4284 4285 4326 4327 4328 4329 4330 4331 4332 4333) S. saffordi, S. sp. (4325) S. sp. (4245 4247 4248 4250 4251 4255 4264)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) S. saffordi (4342 4343 4344 4353)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) S. saffordi (4219 4237 83238) S. saffordi, S. sp. (4201) S. sp. (4175 4177 4184 4200 4211 4212 4235)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) S. cuneata, S. saffordi (4364 4365) S. saffordi (4366 4367 4368 4369 4370 4371 4373 4374) S. sp. (4372)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) S. cuneata (4536 4632) S. saffordi (4488 4492) S. sp. (4411 4418 4423 4426 4427 4456 4457 4458 4460 4466 4482 4485) S. webbervillensis (4431 4435 4437 4441 4443 4444 4445 4446 4447 4452 4453 4454 4455 4465 4467 4477 4490 5554 5555 5556 5557 5558 5559 5560 5561 5562 5564 5565 5566 5567)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Missouri) S. cuneata, S. saffordi (4385) S. sp. (4382 4383)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) S. saffordi (4127) S. sp. (4123 4125)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) S. sp. (4121)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium S. quadrangula (26879)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) S. sp. (5588 5589 5590 5592 5593) S. stearnsii (91850) S. webbervillensis (5570 5571 5572 5573 5574 5575 5577)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7United Kingdom (England) S. capillacea (8085)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt (Eastern Desert) S. aberrans (3297)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria S. africana (51237 51239 51240 51241 51243 51245)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) S. harrisi (90600)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) S. pretiosa (9193 9266 9268)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) S. miocaenica (74865)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Arca centenaria (59335 59336 59337)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan S. sp. (70329)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy S. lactea (178108)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan S. uetsukiensis (44958)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Arcopsis sculptilis (70081)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria S. lactea (60288 60289)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan S. elongata, S. uetsukiensis, S. sp. (77742)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland S. lactea (51688 51689 51690 51691 70539)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia S. lactea (73139 73141) S. papillifera (73137) S. papillifera, S. lactea (73138)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus S. lactea (34690)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Morocco S. lactea (173166)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Arcopsis sculptilis (70078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Barbatia centenaria (79756) S. centenaria (59296 78274)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Arcopsis sculptilis (42221 42339) S. thielei (42311)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Philippines S. tenebrica (70138)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Philippines (Panay) S. lamyi (41649)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Arcopsis sculptilis (173685)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria S. lactea (69864 70785 70864)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) S. centenaria (71619)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan S. interplicata (96675)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium S. scaldensis (86801)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain S. lactea (71910)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain S. lactea (71909 71911 71913)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Philippines (Tayabas) S. olivacea, S. sinensis (41529)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Cyprus S. lactea (34689)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Arca centenaria (59294)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Arcopsis sculptilis (72095 72096 72098 72099 72100 72101 72106)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) S. centenaria (78261 78262 78264 78271 78272 80036) S. centernaria (78269 80038)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia S. compressa (70084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Ryukyu) S. interplicata (41601) S. sp. (41600)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) S. lactea (178117)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy S. lactea (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Taiwan S. interplicata (96254 96255 96258 96259 96264 96265 96267 96268 96272 96273 96279)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) S. lactea (173663)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan S. oyamai, S. tenebrica (97028) S. tenebrica (96970)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy S. lactea (176818)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain S. lactea (76579)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan S. interplicata, S. tenebrica (97961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands S. lactea (98205)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya S. afra (81094)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France S. lactea (56803)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand S. olivacea (67930)