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Vesicomyidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Vesicomyidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Vesicomyidae Dall
1925Pliocardiidae Woodring
1931Vesicomyacidae Olsson p. 54
1980Vesicomyidae Vokes p. 161
1991Vesicomyidae Squires and Goedert p. 413
2000Vesicomyidae Coan et al. p. 259
2007Vesicomyidae Kiel p. 639
2009Vesicomyidae Nevesskaja
2010Vesicomyidae Bouchet et al.
2011Vesicomyidae Carter et al. p. 16

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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
superfamilyGlossoidea(Gray 1847)
familyVesicomyidaeDall 1908
familyVesicomyidaeDall 1908

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.

Fm. Vesicomyidae Dall 1908
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G. †Akebiconcha Kuroda 1943
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†Akebiconcha kawamurai Kuroda 1943
G. Archivesica Dall 1908
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†Archivesica georgemoorei Amano and Kiel 2007
†Archivesica gibbera Crickmay 1929
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Invalid names: Phreagena lasia Woodring 1938 [synonym]
†Archivesica gigas Dall 1896
†Archivesica knapptonensis Amano and Kiel 2007
†Archivesica marincovichi Kiel and Amano 2010
†Archivesica tschudi Olsson 1931
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†Hubertschenckia ezoensis Yokoyama 1890
G. Isorropodon Sturany 1896
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†Isorropodon frankfortensis Amano and Kiel 2007
Isorropodon perplexum Sturany 1896
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†Pleurophopsis peruviana Olsson 1931
†Pleurophopsis unioides Van Winkle 1919
Subfm. †Pliocardiinae Woodring 1925
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G. †Adulomya
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†Adulomya chitanii Kanehara 1937
†Adulomya hamuroi Amano and Kiel 2011
†Adulomya hokkaidoensis Amano and Kiel 2007
†Adulomya kuroiwaensis Amano and Kiel 2011
†Adulomya uchimuraensis Kuroda 1931
G. †Pliocardia Woodring 1925
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†Pliocardia bowdeniana Dall 1903
G. Vesicomya Dall 1886
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Subg. Vesicomya (Calyptogena) Dall 1891
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Subg. †Calyptogena (Calyptogena) Bernard 1974
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†Calyptogena (Calyptogena) chinookensis Squires and Goedert 1991
†Calyptogena katallaensis Kiel and Amano 2010
Invalid names: Ectenagena Woodring 1938 [synonym], Phraegena Woodring 1938 [synonym]
†Vesicomya ramondi Olsson 1931
Invalid names: Pliocardiidae Woodring 1925 [synonym], Vesicomyacidae Dall [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:39:35
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:39:35
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 83.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Japan Calyptogena sp. (74501)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Washington) Pliocardia tschudi, Calyptogena chinookensis (172002) Vesicomya sp. (172001) Vesicomyidae indet. (198636)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Russian Federation Hubertschenckia snatolensis (50051)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Japan (Hokkaido) Hubertschenckia ezoensis (203115)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru Vesicomya tscudi, Pleurophopsis peruviana, Pleurophopsis lithophagoides, Vesicomya ramondi (58685)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Calyptogena n. sp. (191203 191204)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (California) Vesicomya tschudi (193973 193974)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Washington) Adulomya chinookensis (169048 191305) Vesicomya sp. (169032)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan Hubertschenckia ezoensis (71009 71040 191325)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4Japan Hubertschenckia ezoensis (191323)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan Hubertschenckia ezoensis (68894)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Washington) Calyptogena chinookensis (172000) Vesicomya sp., Calyptogena chinookensis (193971)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Alaska) Archivesica sp., Archivesica marincovichi (192232) Calyptogena katallaensis (192228 192229 192230)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Washington) Adulomya chinookensis (120417) Vesicomya sp. (206069 206070) Vesicomyidae indet., Calyptogena chinookensis (58964)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Japan Hubertschenckia ezoensis (191320)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Colombia Pleurophopsis sp., Pliocardia sp. (205111)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Alaska) Archivesica georgemoorei (203116)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Ecuador (Guayas) Pleurophopsis peruviana (61203) Pleurophopsis sp. (61202 64580)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Peru (Piura) Pleurophopsis peruviana, Pleurophopsis lithophagoides (64566)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Russian Federation Calyptogena chitanii (70528)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Trinidad and Tobago Pleurophopsis unioides (93367)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Archivesica knapptonensis (91624) Calyptogena chinookensis (56871) Pliocardia sp. (4869) Vesicomya sp. (91619)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Venezuela Vesicomyidae indet., Pleurophopsis unioides (205118)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Venezuela Vesicomyidae indet. (205119)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Washington) Isorropodon frankfortensis (203117)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan (Fukushima) Adulomya chitanii (91522)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan Calyptogena sp. (57692)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Alaska) Adulomya sp. A, Adulomya sp. B, Archivesica redwoodia (192231)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Japan (Toyama) Adulomya hamuroi (205155)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Cuba Pleurophopsis lithophagoides (205112)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Toyama) Adulomya chitanii (219252)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Vesicomyidae indet. (75079)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Hokkaido) Adulomya hokkaidoensi, Calyptogena sp., Vesicomya sp. (46585)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Nagano) Adulomya uchimuraensis (56952)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Japan (Niigata) Adulomya kuroiwaensis (205156)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Trinidad and Tobago Vesicomyidae indet., Pleurophopsis unioides (205116)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Japan (Tochigi) Adulomya sp. (234280)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Italy Isorropodon sp. (200115)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Vesicomyidae indet. (205114)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Waisiuconcha alberdinae, Waisiuconcha margotae (205236)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Pleurophopsis unioides (205115 205117)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Calyptogena pacifica, Calyptogena gibbera (193546) Carditoidea indet. (120822)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan (Shizuoka) Akebiconcha kawamurai (179925 179926 179927)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Isorropodon perplexum (194847)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Pliocardia bowdeniana (58522 69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Vesicomya vesica (134767)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Petricola carditoides (186031)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Calyptogena gibbera (210707)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Calyptogena gibbera (210706 222977)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Archivesica packardana, Calyptogena sp., Phreagena soyoae, Pliocardia stearnsii (200653)