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Dosiniini

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Dosiniinae was named by Deshayes (1858). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Dosiniini by Carter et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Veneridae by Glenn (1904), Gardner (1943), Gardner (1947), Vokes (1980), Freneix et al. (1988), Beu et al. (1990), Ward (1992), Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Beu (2006) and Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Venerinae by Carter et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Dosinia (syn. Artemis, Dosinidia)

Synonyms

Arteminae was named by Hutton (1880). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dosiniinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1858	Dosiniinae Deshayes
1880	Arteminae Hutton
1904	Dosiniinae Glenn p. 315
1943	Dosiniinae Gardner p. 120
1947	Dosiniinae Gardner p. 152
1980	Dosiniinae Vokes p. 172
1988	Dosiniinae Freneix et al. p. 434
1990	Dosiniinae Beu et al. p. 400
1992	Dosiniinae Ward p. 101
2006	Dosiniinae Beu p. 270
2006	Dosiniinae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 233
2010	Dosiniinae Bouchet et al.
2011	Dosiniini Carter et al. p. 16

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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)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Venerinae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Dosiniini	(Deshayes 1858)
subfamily	Dosiniini	(Deshayes 1858)

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.

Subfm. Dosiniini Deshayes 1858

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G. Dosinia Scopoli 1777

Subg. Dosinia (Asa) Basterot 1825

Subg. Dosinia (Austrodosinia) Dall 1902

Subg. Dosinia (Dosinella)

†Dosinia (Dosinella) arnoldi Clark 1915

†Dosinia (Dosinella) merriami Clark 1915

Subg. Dosinia (Dosinia) Scopoli 1777

†Dosinia (Dosinia) boettgeri Martin 1879

Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica Born 1778

†Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima Brown and Pilsbry 1913

Invalid names: Dosinia (Dosinidia) brasiliensis White 1887 [synonym]

†Dosinia (Dosinia) liogona Dall 1903

†Dosinia (Dosinia) multilamellata Tate 1887

†Dosinia (Dosinia) peralta Vredenburg 1928

Dosinia (Dosinia) radiata Reeve 1850

†Dosinia (Dosinia) semilaevis Philippi 1887

†Dosinia (Dosinia) sicarisinus Kensley and Pether 1986

†Dosinia (Dosinia) whitneyi Gabb 1866

Invalid names: Dosinia mathewsonii Gabb 1869 [synonym]

Subg. †Dosinia (Dosinobia) Finlay and Marwick 1937

Subg. Dosinia (Dosinorbis)

Subg. †Dosinia (Kakahuia) Marwick 1927

Subg. †Dosinia (Kaneharaia) Makiyama 1936

†Dosinia (Kaneharaia) ausiensis Ilyina 1957

Subg. Dosinia (Kereia) Marwick 1927

Dosinia (Kereia) greyi Zittel 1864

†Dosinia (Kereia) numerosissima Darragh and Kendrick 2010

†Kereia cottoni Marwick 1927

†Kereia greyi Zittel 1864

†Kereia johnstoni Tate 1887

Subg. Dosinia (Phacosoma) Jukes-Brown 1912

Subg. †Dosinia (Raina) Marwick 1927

†Dosinia (Raina) imperiosa Marwick 1929

†Dosinia (Raina) sodalis Marwick 1929

†Raina bensoni Marwick 1927

†Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832

†Dosinia acetabulum thori Ward 1992

†Dosinia acetabulum blackwelderi Ward 1992

Dosinia africana Gray 1838

†Dosinia alta Conrad 1855

†Dosinia burckhardti Ihering 1907

†Dosinia caerulea Reeve 1850

†Dosinia castigata Marwick 1960

†Dosinia chipolana Dall 1903

†Dosinia coloradoensis Rivera 1957

Dosinia conradi Gabb 1866

Dosinia discus Reeve 1850

Dosinia dunkeri Philippi 1844

Invalid names: Artemis simplex Hanley 1845 [synonym]

Dosinia excisa Schröter 1788

Invalid names: Sinodia sinuata Gmelin 1791 [synonym]

Dosinia exoleta Linnaeus 1758

†Dosinia falconensis Hodson 1931

Dosinia histrio Gmelin 1791

†Dosinia imparistriata Tate 1887

†Dosinia jacalitosana Arnold 1909

†Dosinia kaspiewi Fischer-Piette 1967

†Dosinia lawsoni Dickerson 1914

†Dosinia lechuzaensis Rivera 1957

†Dosinia longula Conrad 1856

Dosinia lupina Linnaeus 1758

†Dosinia mastrichtiensis Vogel 1895

†Dosinia mercenaroidea Aldrich 1887

†Dosinia meridonalis Ihering 1897

†Dosinia morani Wiedey 1929

†Dosinia nomurai Otuka 1934

Invalid names: Dosinia chikuzenensis Nagao 1928 [synonym], Dosinia nagaii Otuka 1934 [synonym]

Dosinia orbicularis Agassiz 1845

†Dosinia pertenuis Gabb 1864

Dosinia ponderosa Gray 1838

†Dosinia (Dosinia) ponderosa titan Maury 1925

Invalid names: Dosinia grandis Nelson 1870 [synonym]

†Dosinia protojuvenilis Noetling 1901

†Dosinia pseudoargus d'Archiac and Haime 1853

†Dosinia pseudoargus gedrosiana Vredenburg 1928

†Dosinia santana Loel and Corey 1932

†Dosinia scalaris Menke 1843

†Dosinia sculpta Hanley 1845

Dosinia semiobliterata Deshayes 1853

Invalid names: Dosinia annae Carpenter 1857 [synonym]

†Dosinia tugaruana Nomura 1935

Invalid names: Artemis Poli 1815 [synonym], Dosinidia Dall 1902 [synonym]

Invalid names: Arteminae Hutton 1880 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-10-08 06:38:03

Modified:

2009-08-18 20:15:30

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 99.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (835 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt	Dosinia forgemoli (161575)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Egypt	Dosinia delettrei (208638)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Egypt (Sinai)	Dosinia delettrei (3757)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Libya	Dosinia delettrei (208626 208627)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Jordan	Dosinia delettrei (66800)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian	99.6 - 89.3	Egypt (Sinai)	Dosinia delettrei (3762)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (New Jersey)	Dosinia depressa, Dosinia haddonfieldensis (48725)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Netherlands	Dosinia mastrichtiensis (138910)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	USA (Alabama)	Dosinia sp. (83297)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	New Zealand (Southland)	Dosinia ongleyi (50176 50209 50212 50213)
Selandian - Thanetian	61.6 - 56.0	New Zealand	Dosinia n. sp. A (64703) Dosinia n. sp. A, Dosinia ongleyi (64698 64704) Dosinia ongleyi (64699) Dosinia sp. (64700)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	India (Rajasthan)	Dosinia rakhiensis (46999)
Early/Lower Eocene	55.8 - 48.6	Brazil	Dosinia brasiliensis (151586)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Australia (Western Australia)	Dosinia numerosissima (179826 179828 179829 179830 179835 179836)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	New Zealand (Canterbury)	Dosinia sp. (50163) Dosinia sp., Dosinia castigata (50147)
Middle Eocene	47.8 - 37.71	Peru (Ica)	Dosinia coloradoensis (84699) Dosinia lechuzaensis (84680)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Colombia	Dosinia sp. (88280)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	New Zealand (Otago)	Dosinia sp. (52151)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	New Zealand (Canterbury)	Dosinia sp. (50149) Dosinia suteri (52131)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	New Zealand	Dosinia mackayi (64730 64741) Dosinia n. sp. (67588 67589) Dosinia n. sp., Dosinia mackayi (64739) Dosinia sp. (64732 64740 64745) Dosinia suteri (64751 67587 67590) Dosinia suteri, Dosinia mackayi (64750)