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Dosinia lupina

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Venus lupinus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dosinia lupinus by Davies (1973); it was recombined as Dosinia lupina by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. angulosa, D. bensoni, D. juvenilis, D. lambata, D. meridionalis, D. ongleyi, D. steinmanni, D. striatissima, D. troscheli, D. whitleyi, D. lambata, D. cuspidata, D. palmeriae, D. ongleyi, D. kaneharai, D. kaneharai, D. mackayi, D. waiparaensis, D. maoriana, D. owadaensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Venus lupinus Linnaeus
1973	Dosinia lupinus Davies p. 761
2008	Dosinia lupina Hendy et al.

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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)
genus	Dosinia	Scopoli 1777
species	lupina	(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Dosinia lupina Linnaeus 1758

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-04 16:34:29

Modified:

2009-09-04 18:34:29

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Germany	Dosinia lupinus (164944)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	Greece	Dosinia lupinus (72305)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	Italy (Pordenone)	Dosinia lupinus (37374)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Greece	Dosinia lupinus (72310)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Belgium	Dosinia lupinus (77862 77863 77868 77869)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Italy (Pordenone)	Dosinia lupinus (37368 37379)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Italy	Dosinia lupinus (78338)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Greece	Dosinia lupinus (72318)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Italy	Dosinia lupinus (72303)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Greece	Dosinia lupinus (72414 72415)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Namibia (Erongo)	Dosinia lupinus (124057 124058)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Ireland	Dosinia lupinus (178118)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Angola	Dosinia lupinus (152645)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	South Africa (Western Cape)	Dosinia lupinus (110492)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	France	Dosinia lupinus (56803)