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Pholadomya (Pholadomya) idea

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Taxonomy

Pholadomya idea was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pholadomya (Pholadomya) idea by Aberhan (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. agrioensis, P. angustata, P. anterumbonis, P. aubri, P. bellona, P. coahuilensis, P. coloradoensis, P. cordata, P. deltoidea, P. foliacea, P. franciscae, P. hemicardia, P. intermedia, P. kamtschatica, P. kingi, P. leonensis, P. murchisoni, P. plagemani, P. plagemanii, P. plagemanni, P. weissi, P. cornueliana, P. constricta, P. uitoe, P. hudsoni, P. alpina, P. beaumontensis, P. oretiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1850	Pholadomya idea d'Orbigny
2004	Pholadomya (Pholadomya) idea Aberhan p. 124 figs. Pl 3, figs 4,6; pl 4, fig 1

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Pholadomyida	()
superfamily	Pholadomyoidea	King 1844
family	Pholadomyidae	King 1844
genus	Pholadomya	Sowerby 1823
subgenus	Pholadomya	Sowerby 1823
species	idea	(d'Orbigny 1850)

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 (Pholadomya) idea d'Orbigny 1850

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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 Late/Upper Sinemurian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliensbachian or 196.50000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian	199.3 - 190.8	Canada (Northwest Territories)	Pholadomya idea (34230)
Late/Upper Sinemurian	196.5 - 189.6	Chile	Pholadomya idea (32408 32409 32410 32412 32415 32416 32417 32418 32419 32420 32424 32426 32434 33950 33955 33956 33957 33958 33961 33962 33970 33972 34058 95071 95422 95432)
Obtusum	196.5 - 189.6	Chile	Pholadomya idea (95102)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian	189.6 - 183.0	Serbia and Montenegro	Pholadomya idea (73327)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian	189.6 - 183.0	Mexico (Sonora)	Pholadomya idea (115216)