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Eontia ponderosa

Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae

Taxonomy
Arca ponderosa was named by Say (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Eontia ponderosa by MacNeil (1938) and Jung (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. incile

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Arca ponderosa Say p. 267
1860Arca ponderosa Holmes p. 21
1906Arca ponderosa Clark p. 205
1916Arca ponderosa Sheldon
1938Eontia ponderosa MacNeil
1953Arca ponderosa Blake p. 24
1962Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa Richards p. 54
1965Eontia ponderosa Jung p. 436

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyNoetiidaeStewart 1930
genusEontiaGray 1857
speciesponderosa(Say 1822)

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: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 08:31:32
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:31:32
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Noetia ponderosa (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia (La Guajira) Noetia ponderosa (136994)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Noetia ponderosa (61309 79331 79788)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Noetia ponderosa (66614 66621 66622)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Noetia ponderosa (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Noetia ponderosa (57702 57705 57706 80132)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Noetia ponderosa (66724 66725)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Noetia ponderosa (66742 66744 66747 66748 66749 66750 66751 66754 66763)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Arca ponderosa (61268) Noetia ponderosa (61269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Arca ponderosa (92406) Noetia ponderosa (60930 66755 66758 66760 79956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Noetia ponderosa (66706 66720 66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Noetia ponderosa (41715 61311 79731 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Noetia ponderosa (20604 20606)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Noetia ponderosa (41935 92776)