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Lutraria

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Lutraria was named by Lamarck (1799) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 728]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Mactridae by Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) and Wienrich (1999); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lutrariinae by Vokes (1980), Freneix et al. (1988), Moore (2003), Beu (2006), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Signorelli and Carter (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Lutraria Lamarck p. 85
1980Lutraria Vokes p. 137
1988Lutraria Freneix et al. p. 428
1992Lutraria Lamprell and Whitehead p. 82
1999Lutraria Wienrich p. 245
2002Lutraria Sepkoski
2003Lutraria Moore
2006Lutraria Beu p. 242
2010Lutraria Bouchet et al.
2016Lutraria Signorelli and Carter p. 209 figs. Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyLutrariinaeAdams and Adams 1856
genusLutrariaLamarck 1799

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. Lutraria Lamarck 1799
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Subg. Lutraria (Cryptodon) Turton 1822
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Cryptodon sinuosum Donovan 1801
Subg. Lutraria (Lutraria) Lamarck 1799
Subg. Lutraria (Psammophila) Brown 1827
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Lutraria australis Deshayes 1855
Lutraria elliptica Lamarck 1807
Lutraria lutraria Linnaeus 1767
†Lutraria oblonga Gmelin 1791
†Lutraria papyria Conrad 1833
Lutraria traskei Conrad 1855
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 13:48:47
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:48:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (39696)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina L. sp. (71597) L. vetula (71599)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Hungary L. oblonga (8338)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria L. sanna (77735)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary L. oblonga (8211)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Italy (Pordenone) L. lutraria (37351 37353)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India L. saingengai (72083) L. sp. 1, L. sp. 2 (78641)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) L. frangula (62883)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) L. frangula (62936)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria L. lutraria (65161) L. sanna (77402 77403)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Cryptodon flexuosus (178108)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany L. sp. (164945)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan L. osawanoensis (44960)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) L. frangula (61895 61896 61901 61902 61903 61905 62886)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Cryptodon mactraeformis (72210)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Hungary L. oblonga (34739)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece L. oblonga (72305)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Russian Federation Cryptodon sinuosus (48070)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland L. magna (51687)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia L. lutrara (73137)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria L. sp. (74647 74648 74649 74650)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Moldova L. lutraria (78643 78647 78661)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovakia L. sp. (145974)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy L. sp. (78437)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) L. oblonga (37365)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece L. oblonga (72310)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Spain L. sp. (69788 69789)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Iran L. philippinarum (79065)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria L. angustior (70862 70863 70864)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy L. oblonga (207783)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan L. sieboldi (97031)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand (Auckland) L. solida (45259)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece L. oblonga (72318)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Cryptodon sinuosum, Cryptodon ferruginosum, L. lutraria (84755) L. lutraria (84795 84992)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) Cryptodon sp. (209253)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium L. scaldensis (86801 86802)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan L. sp. (55400)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Western Cape) L. sp. (118306 118317 118318 118319)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) L. lutraria (84759)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium L. scaldensis (86803 86804 86805)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium L. scaldensis (86807)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) L. bruuni (85086)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Western Cape) L. sp. (118303 118308)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Namibia (Erongo) L. sp. (124052)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan L. maxima, L. sieboldi (97028)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Namibia L. lutraria (122932)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan L. sp. (55401)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa L. lutraria (122937 122941) L. oblonga (122936 122945) L. sp. (122940)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Namibia (Karas) L. lutraria (124047)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen L. intermedia (55369)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa L. australis (173265)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland L. lutraria (178118)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Angola L. senegalensis (152644)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco L. lutraria (127618) L. oblonga (127619)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands L. lutraria (98199 98205)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti L. oblonga (96788)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand L. complanata (67930)