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Cultellus

Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae

Taxonomy
Cultellus was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Solecurtus (Cultellus) by Conrad (1837) and Conrad (1837).

It was assigned to Solecurtus by Conrad (1837) and Conrad (1837); to Solenidae by Nagao (1928) and Nagao (1928); to Cultellidae by Vokes (1980) and Wienrich (1999); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pharidae by Lamprell and Healy (1998), Beesley (1998), Rosenberg et al. (2006) and Matsubara et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Cultellus Schumacher
1837Solecurtus (Cultellus) Conrad p. 233
1928Cultellus Nagao p. 84
1980Cultellus Vokes p. 141
1998Cultellus Beesley p. 341
1998Cultellus Lamprell and Healy p. 180
1999Cultellus Wienrich p. 246
2002Cultellus Sepkoski
2006Cultellus Rosenberg et al.
2010Cultellus Matsubara et al. p. 139

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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
—SolenataDall 1889
orderSolenidaDall 1889
superfamilySolenoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyPharidaeAdams and A 1858
genusCultellusSchumacher 1817

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. Cultellus Schumacher 1817
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Subg. Cultellus (Cultellus) Schumacher 1817
†Cultellus affinis Sowerby 1812
†Cultellus brevis Nagao 1928
†Cultellus izumoensis Yokoyama 1923
†Cultellus kokolikensis Imlay 1961
†Cultellus leguminoides Nagao 1928
Cultellus maximus Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Solen lacteus Spengler 1794 [synonym]
Cultellus tenuis Philippi 1836
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:22:21
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:22:21
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Carnian to the top of the Holocene or 237.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 228.0 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Kochi) C. ellipsoidalis (40471)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland C. kulczynskii (27822 28081 28083)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) C. sp. (205466)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Japan (Nagasaki) C. brevis (203223)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) C. affinis (3261 3268 8104)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) C. affinis (3259)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) C. affinis (8124)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Japan (Hyogo) C. sp. (102039)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) C. affinis (42636)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy C. sp. (78617)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan C. izumoensis (70779 70780 70810 70812 70893 70895 70896)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium C. roemeri (111373)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Hungary C. budensis (8338)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) C. paraensis (65162)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan C. izumoensis (70326 173044 173083)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India C. sp. (72167 72176 78641)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) C. cultellatus (62883)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Japan (Hiroshima) C. sp. (56957)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Hokkaido) C. izumoensis (77920)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan C. izumoensis (44958 179869)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation (Sakhalinskaya) C. izumoensis (61933)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan C. izumoensis (77742)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation C. izumoensis (70446)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) C. cultellatus (61896 61903 61907)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia C. tjiguhanensis (63040)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Hokuriku) C. izumoensis (161502)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Japan C. izumoensis (44962)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) C. dilatatus (42339)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan C. izumoensis (52105 52109 52113 52239)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia C. dilatatus (70077 70100)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium C. cultellatus (86801)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) C. tenuis (84755)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) C. cultellatus (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) C. tenuis (84759)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium C. cultellatus (86803 86804 86805 86806)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium C. cultellatus (86807)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand C. lacteus (67930) C. sp. (67931)