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Meretricinae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Meretricinae Gray
1904Meretricinae Glenn p. 311
1943Meretricinae Gardner pp. 120, 122
1960Meretricinae Marwick p. 15
1969Meretricinae da Silva Forti p. 82
1977Meretricinae Adegoke p. 287
1980Meretricinae Vokes p. 169
1984Meretricinae Pugaczewska p. 55
1995Meretricinae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183
2006Meretricinae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 233
2010Meretricinae Bouchet et al.
2011Meretricinae Carter et al. p. 16
2021Meretricinae Mendir et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847

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. Meretricinae Gray 1847
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G. †Aeora
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†Aeora africana Adegoke 1977
G. Cytherea Lamarck 1808
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†Cytherea adabionensis Oppenheim 1915
†Cytherea aequorea Conrad 1833
†Cytherea ambigua Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea astartiformis Conrad 1848
†Cytherea avia Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea capillacea Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea corbuloides von Koenen 1897
†Cytherea curionii Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea elegantula Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea elliptica Hislop 1859
Cytherea erycinoides Lamarck 1806
†Cytherea eversa Conrad 1848
†Cytherea gruneri Oppenheim 1915
†Cytherea humerosa Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea hunteri Hislop 1859
†Cytherea imitabilis Conrad 1848
†Cytherea jerdoni Hislop 1859
†Cytherea lamberti Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea mortoni Conrad 1833
†Cytherea murrayana Tate 1887
†Cytherea nuttali Conrad 1834
†Cytherea obsoleta Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea orbicularis Hislop 1859
†Cytherea orbiculata Hall and Meek 1855
†Cytherea paucirugata Tate 1887
Cytherea pectinata Linnaeus 1758
†Cytherea perbrevis Conrad 1848
†Cytherea poulsoni Conrad 1833
†Cytherea rawesi Hislop 1859
†Cytherea rhaetica Henry 1876
†Cytherea rothi Wilckens 1907
†Cytherea scinctilla Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea sobrina Conrad 1848
†Cytherea soror Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea subcrassa Lea 1833
†Cytherea tenuidentata von Koenen 1897
†Cytherea trigoniata Lea 1833
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†Cytherea wapsharei Hislop 1859
†Cytherea wilsoni Hislop 1859
†Cytherea wohltmanni von Koenen 1897
Invalid names: Cytherea oregonensis Conrad 1848 [nomen dubium]
G. †Cytheriopsis Conrad 1865
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†Cytheriopsis conradi Clark and Durham 1946
†Cytheriopsis hydana Conrad 1865
G. †Grateloupia Des Moulins 1828
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Subg. †Grateloupia (Grateloupia) Des Moulins 1828
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Tr. Meretricini Gray 1847
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Subfm. Clementiina Frizzell 1936
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G. Clementia Gray 1847
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Subg. †Clementia (Clementia) Gray 1842
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†Clementia dariena vetula Woodring 1926
Invalid names: Clementia brasiliana Maury 1925 [synonym]
†Clementia conradiana Anderson 1905
†Clementia elongata Wiedey 1928
†Clementia fischeri Abrard 1942
†Clementia inequalis Wiedey 1928
G. †Psathura Deshayes 1858
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†Psathura fragilis Lamarck 1805
Subfm. Cyclinina Frizzell 1936
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Subg. †Cyclina (Cyclinorbis) Makiyama 1926
†Cyclina compressa Nagao 1928
†Cyclina lunulata Makiyama 1926
†Cyclina nodai Nagao 1928
G. Cyclinella Dall 1902
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†Cyclinella beteyensis Olsson 1922
†Cyclinella cyclica Guppy 1866
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Invalid names: Cyclinella gatunensis Dall 1903 [synonym], Cyclinella venezuelana Hodson 1927 [synonym]
†Cyclinella elevata Gabb 1864
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Invalid names: Meretrix ovalis Gabb 1864 [synonym]
†Cyclinella falconensis Hodson et al. 1927
†Cyclinella galera Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
†Cyclinella harrisi Palmer 1927
Cyclinella jadisi Olsson 1961
Cyclinella tenuis Récluz 1852
G. †Cyprimeria Conrad 1864
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†Cyprimeria discus Matheron 1843
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Invalid names: Lucina geinitzii Mueller 1850 [synonym]
†Cyprimeria moorei Popenoe 1937
G. †Luciploma Olsson 1942
Subfm. Gemmina Dall 1902
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G. Parastarte Conrad 1862
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†Parastarte antillensis Woodring 1925
†Parastarte psila Woodring 1982
G. †Plesiastarte Fischer 1887
G. †Rohini
Fm. Petricolina Deshayes 1839
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G. Choristodon Jonas 1844
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Choristodon robustus Sowerby 1834
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Invalid names: Choristodon typicum Jonas 1844 [synonym], Petricola anchoreta Folin 1867 [synonym], Petricola bulbosa Gould` 1851 [synonym], Petricola buwaldi Clark 1915 [synonym], Petricola riocanensis Maury 1917 [synonym], Petricola sinuosa Conrad 1849 [synonym], Petricola venusta Folin 1867 [synonym]
G. Lajonkairia Deshayes 1854
G. Mysia Lamarck 1818
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†Mysia irradiata Cossmann 1887
†Mysia morleti Cossmann 1887
Mysia pellucida Tate 1891
†Mysia segregata Cossmann 1887
Invalid names: Lucinopsis Forbes and Hanley 1848 [objective synonym]
G. Petricola Lamarck 1801
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Subg. Petricola (Petricola) Lamarck 1801
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Invalid names: Petricola pedroana Conrad 1855 [synonym], Saxicava abrupta Conrad 1855 [synonym]
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Petricola (Petricolaria) parallela Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
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Invalid names: Petricolaria lata Dall 1894 [synonym]
Petricola californiensis Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
†Petricola claibornensis Harris 1919
Petricola dactylus Sowerby 1823
Petricola gracilis Deshayes 1853
Petricola gracilis parallela Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
†Petricola harrisii Dall 1898
Petricola lapicida Gmelin 1792
†Petricola millestriata Brown and Pilsbry 1913
Petricola olssoni Bernard 1983
†Petricola pectorosa Conrad 1834
Petricola rugosa Sowerby 1834
†Petricola tellimyalis Carpenter 1864
G. †Pleiorytis Conrad 1862
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†Pleiorytis caroniana Maury 1925
†Pleiorytis orthra Woodring 1982
†Pleiorytis ovata Conrad 1862
†Pleiorytis striata Conrad 1833
G. Rupellaria Fleuriau de Bellevue 1802
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Rupellaria lithophaga Retzius 1786
G. †Velargilla Iredale 1931
Subfm. Samarangiina Keen 1969
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G. Samarangia Dall 1902
Fm. Turtoniina Clark 1855
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Turtonia minuta Fabricius 1780
Invalid names: Meretricina Gray 1847 [empty], Sunettina Stoliczka 1870 [empty]
G. Meretrix Lamarck 1799
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†Meretrix bosworthi Woods 1922
†Meretrix cornelli Harris 1895
†Meretrix decisa Conrad 1855
†Meretrix desvauxi Coquand 1862
†Meretrix gabbi Arnold 1909
†Meretrix hikoshimensis Okamoto and Sakai 1995
†Meretrix indica Cox 1930
†Meretrix landesi Weaver 1912
†Meretrix longa Gabb 1864
†Meretrix macbeani Harris 1919
†Meretrix marshana Anderson 1958
†Meretrix mortoni Contrad 1834
†Meretrix negritosensis Woods 1922
†Meretrix neusensis Harris 1919
†Meretrix nuttalliopsis Heilprin 1878
†Meretrix persica Cox 1936
†Meretrix profunda Conrad 1854
†Meretrix shantii Abbass 1972
†Meretrix stantoni Dickerson 1914
†Meretrix subimpressa Conrad 1848
†Meretrix sylvaerupis Harris 1919
†Meretrix tularana Conrad 1855
†Meretrix uniomeris Conrad 1855
†Meretrix yoakumi Gabb 1861
G. †Resatrix Casey 1952
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G. Tivela Link 1807
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†Pachydesma sulcataria Vokes 1939
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Invalid names: Cytherea (Trigonella) crassatelloides Conrad 1837 [synonym], Tivela scarificata Berry 1940 [synonym]
Invalid names: Trigonella Conrad 1837 [replaced]
Subg. Tivela (Tivela) Link 1807
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Tivela (Tivela) tripla Linnaeus 1758
†Tivela cliffensis Hanna 1927
†Tivela kelloggensis Clark and Woodford 1927
†Tivela merriami Trask 1922
†Tivela packardi Dickerson 1916
†Tivela trigonalis Nomland 1916
†Tivela vaquerosensis Wiedey 1929
G. †Tivelina Cossmann 1886
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†Tivelina analoga Deshayes 1857
†Tivelina baudoni Cossmann 1886
†Tivelina capsuloides Cossmann 1886
†Tivelina coislinensis Cossmann 1907
†Tivelina delicatina Vokes 1939
†Tivelina deltoidea Lamarck 1806
†Tivelina deltoidea curionii Deshayes 1857
†Tivelina dixoni Deshayes 1857
†Tivelina dixoni humerosa Deshayes 1857
†Tivelina ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977
†Tivelina gibbosula Deshayes 1857
†Tivelina idriaensis Vokes 1939
†Tivelina nuculoides Cossmann 1882
†Tivelina parameces Cossmann and Pissarro 1905
†Tivelina rustica Deshayes 1825
†Tivelina siliqua Olsson 1928
†Tivelina sphenarium Bayan 1873
†Tivelina subquadrangularis Cossmann and Pissarro 1905
†Tivelina tellinaria Lamarck 1906
†Tivelina vaderensis Dickerson 1915
†Tivelina vincentiana Cossmann 1882
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 Toarcian to the top of the Holocene or 180.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 170.3 Ma

Collections (1175 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.1 - 170.3France Lucinopsis trigonalis (51501)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8United Kingdom (England) Cytherea sp. (77058)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Chile (Ovalle) Resatrix sp. (222455)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Cytherea orbiculata (235775)
Valanginian - Hauterivian139.8 - 129.4Chile (Coquimbo) Meretrix sp. (221557)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Turkmenistan Resatrix vectensis (47019)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Resatrix cantiana (1777 1778 1780) Resatrix dolabra (1745 1819 1836) Resatrix hythensis (1757 1775 1779) Resatrix parva (1760 1764 1835 1840 1851) Resatrix parva, Resatrix vectensis (1747 1837) Resatrix sp. (1774)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Cyprimeria parva (212047) Cyprimeria sp. (212048)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Colombia Clementia ricordeana (221846)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Resatrix parva (162252) Resatrix sp. (162290)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Baja California) Resatrix sp. (1890)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) Resatrix parva, Vectorbis vectensis (235315)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Kansas) Cyprimeria kiowana (1994 2009 2010 2011 2012 2017 2018 2023 2037 2056)
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Resatrix sp. (1844)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Cyprimeria texana (88635 88636 88637)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) Cyprimeria washitaensis (37561)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland Petricola meriani, Petricola escheri (2167)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Hungary Cytherea rauliniana (74890)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Resatrix vibrayeana (1783 1862)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France Cyprimeria vibrayeana (58885)