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Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Dosinia margaritana was named by Wiedey (1928). Its type specimen is SDSNH 33, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 436, La Panza, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

It was recombined as Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana by Loel and Corey (1932) and Keen (1943).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Dosinia margaritana Wiedey p. 145 figs. Plate 18, figures 1, 2, 3
1932Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana Loel and Corey p. 216 figs. Plate 38, figures 1a, 1b; plate 39, figure 1
1943Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana Keen p. 40 figs. Plate 3, figs. 3-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyDosiniini(Deshayes 1858)
genusDosiniaScopoli 1777
subgenusDosinidia
speciesmargaritana()

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.

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

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Langhian or 28.10000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Dosinia margaritana (52417 52418 57789)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (California) Dosinia margaritana (37516 37517)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Dosinia margaritana (44897 44912 44923 71216 71217 71223 94816 94854 203554 220082)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Dosinia margaritana (206393)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Dosinia margaritana (44937 44940 44980 44988)