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Clementia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Clementia was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Venus (Clementia) by Vredenburg (1928).

It was assigned to Venus by Vredenburg (1928); to Dosiniinae by Glenn (1904) and Gardner (1947); to Clementiinae by Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Perrilliat (1992), Ward (1992) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Veneridae by Mukerjee (1939), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Perrilliat (1994) and Todd (2001); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Clementia Gray p. 184
1904Clementia Glenn p. 315
1928Venus (Clementia) Vredenburg p. 455
1939Clementia Mukerjee p. 23
1947Clementia Gardner pp. 152, 154
1980Clementia Vokes p. 174
1982Clementia Woodring p. 697
1992Clementia Lamprell and Whitehead p. 150
1992Clementia Perrilliat p. 16
1992Clementia Ward p. 102
1994Clementia Perrilliat p. 239
1995Clementia Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183
2001Clementia Todd
2002Clementia Sepkoski

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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
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
tribeMeretriciniGray 1847
subfamilyClementiina(Frizzell 1936)
genusClementiaGray 1847

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. Clementia Gray 1847
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Subg. †Clementia (Clementia) Gray 1842
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†Clementia dariena vetula Woodring 1926
Invalid names: Clementia brasiliana Maury 1925 [synonym]
†Clementia conradiana Anderson 1905
†Clementia elongata Wiedey 1928
†Clementia fischeri Abrard 1942
†Clementia inequalis Wiedey 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-04 16:33:59
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:33:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 122.46000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (299 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Colombia C. ricordeana (221846)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (California) Venus pertenuis (193034)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Netherlands Antilles C. parinensis (88277)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) C. deshayesi (8124 8125)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) C. peruviana (60088 60089)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) C. parinensis (88362 88364 88365 88366) C. parinensis, C. restinensis (88370) C. peruviana (52526 52527 52531 52536)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru (Piura) C. peruviana (55431)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia C. peruviana (42789)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Venezuela C. dariena (42791 42792 134866 134867)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) C. vetula (3315)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (Piura) C. peruviana (52523 55432 88359 88367 88391)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru (Piura) C. peruviana (55433 55441)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Puerto Rico C. rabelli (80189 80190 80191 80192 80193 80194)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan C. papyracea (77453) Venus protopapyracea (77158)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Ecuador (Guayas) C. peruviana (61201)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Venezuela (Falcon) C. dariena (61213)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) C. pertenuis (72406 72407 72408 219727 219730 219733 219755)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico C. dariena (93675 93694)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Peru C. peruviana (42794)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama C. dariena (93695)