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Pholadomya ovalis

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Pholadomya ovalis Sowerby

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPholadomyida()
superfamilyPholadomyoideaKing 1844
familyPholadomyidaeKing 1844
genusPholadomyaSowerby 1823
speciesovalisSowerby 1819

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.

Pholadomya ovalis Sowerby 1819
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-09 06:48:13
Modified: 2009-10-10 16:18:40
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Oxfordian or 170.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia Pholadomya ovalis (45241)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia Pholadomya ovalis (45519 48405 48451 48454 48456 48457 48484)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Kenya Pholadomya ovalis (36458)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) Pholadomya ovalis (96155 96182 96186)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Kenya Pholadomya ovalis (36468)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India Pholadomya ovalis (68657)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Pholadomya ovalis (2587 2589)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Pholadomya ovalis (48563 48564 48586)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3India Pholadomya ovalis (68647)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar Pholadomya ovalis (98192)