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Cymella

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae

Taxonomy
Cymella was named by Meek (1864) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-l K Maes]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Liopistha (Cymella) by White (1887).

It was assigned to Liopistha by White (1887); to Poromyidae by Vokes (1980); and to Pholadomyoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
C. bella, C. ironensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Cymella Meek
1887Liopistha (Cymella) White p. 106
1980Cymella Vokes p. 211
2002Cymella Sepkoski

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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
orderPoromyida(Ridewood 1903)
superfamilyPoromyoidea(Dall 1886)
familyPoromyidaeDall 1886
genusCymellaMeek 1864

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. †Cymella Meek 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:13:50
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:19:44
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (New Jersey) C. bella (124222)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) C. bella (123474 190551 190552 190554 190555 190579) C. sp. (7617)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) C. bella (6122 6123 6124 6125 6130 6135 6136) C. ironensis, C. bella (6134)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) C. ironensis (6660)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) C. montanensis (212998)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) C. bella (7467) C. ironensis (3604 3612 3632)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) C. bellatexana (57916)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Missouri) C. bella (1295)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Alabama) C. bella (1307 1308)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) C. sp. (1311)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. bella (1298 1301 1392 7550 7567 205446 205449) C. bella texana (7493 7495 7543) C. sp. (205541) C. texana (7480)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) C. bella (1303 1391 7599)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) C. bella (1348)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) C. bella (1302)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) C. bella (4285 4286)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) C. bella (4237)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) C. bella (4127)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Missouri) C. bella (4382 4383)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. bella (4454)