Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Clementia (Clementia)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Clementia (Clementia) Gray
1935Clementia (Clementia) Oostingh p. 193
1982Clementia (Clementia) Woodring p. 697
1992Clementia (Clementia) Perrilliat p. 16
1994Clementia (Clementia) Perrilliat p. 239
1995Clementia (Clementia) Pacaud and Le Renard
2001Clementia (Clementia) Todd

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
tribeMeretriciniGray 1847
subfamilyClementiina(Frizzell 1936)
genusClementiaGray 1847
subgenusClementiaGray 1842

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.

Subg. †Clementia (Clementia) Gray 1842
show all | hide all
hide
Invalid names: Clementia brasiliana Maury 1925 [synonym]
†Clementia dariena vetula Woodring 1926
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 16:33:59
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:33:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 55.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma

Collections (186 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Netherlands Antilles Clementia parinensis (88277)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Clementia deshayesi (8124 8125)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) Clementia parinensis (88362 88364 88365 88366) Clementia parinensis, Clementia restinensis (88370)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Venezuela Clementia dariena (42791 42792 134866 134867)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Puerto Rico Clementia rabelli (80189 80190 80191 80192 80193 80194)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Clementia papyracea (77453) Venus protopapyracea (77158)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Venezuela (Falcon) Clementia dariena (61213)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico Clementia dariena (93675 93694)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Clementia dariena (93695)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Clementia dariena (42608 42628 42631 93039)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Clementia inoceriformis (59335)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Clementia brasiliana (60984) Clementia dariena (65162 112580 112582 112590)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ecuador (Guayas) Clementia dariena (61061 61065)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ecuador (Manabi) Clementia dariena (60769)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Somalia Venus papyracea (78953 79079 79098)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru Clementia dariena (66141 66178 93748)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Clementia papyracea (76574) Clementia papyracea, Clementia protopapyracea (78641) Clementia protopapyracea (72084)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Clementia papyracea (77459) Venus papyracea (77172 77400 77432)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Iran Clementia papyracea (79067)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru (Tumbes) Clementia dariena (58999 59001)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Clementia dariena (135496)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Clementia papyracea (81717)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Clementia dariena (42615 42616 42617 42618 42619 49493)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Clementia dariena (179723)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Clementia dariena (156327 156691 156751 156752 156753 156754 160776 161892)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Clementia dariena (43063 60144 60703 60705 60707 60708 60710)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Clementia dariena (157830)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Clementia dariena (58454)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Clementia dariena (60678 60679)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Somalia Venus papyracea (79076 79077)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Trinidad and Tobago Clementia dariena (96522)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Guayas) Clementia dariena (61086 61087 61093)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Veracruz) Clementia dariena (91583)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Michoacan) Clementia dariena (66162 66163 66164 66166 76566)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India Clementia papracea, Clementia protopapyracea (78614)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Clementia inoceriformis (70846 70847)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Clementia dariena (52170 52172 52174 82119 82121 82124 82125 93145 93147 93150 93159 93160 93162 93163 93164 93165 93166 93171 93177 134661) Clementia dariensis (82116 82126) Clementia sp. (136016 145523 145524)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Clementia dariena (61024 61025 61029 135504)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Clementia inoceriformis (70849 70853)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Clementia dariena (142922)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Clementia dariena (130981)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Clementia sp. (136122)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6USA (Florida) Clementia inoceriformis (79965)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Philippines Clementia papyracea (70138)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Clementia papyracea (70098 70099 70103)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Clementia dariena (81976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Iran Clementia papyracea (79065)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Clementia dariena (88305 88308 88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Clementia dariena (88296 88297 97682 97692 131219 131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Clementia dariena (61022 61031 61032)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Clementia inoceriformis (51722 51727 59303 59304 59305 69032)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Venus papyracea (77133 77154)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Clementia papyracea (161784)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Clementia sp. (75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Pakistan Venus papyracea (77398)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan Clementia vatheleti (96674 96675)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan Clementia papyracea (45507)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Clementia papyracea (77658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Philippines (Tayabas) Clementia papyracea (41529)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan Clementia papyracea (55398 55399 55400)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Clementia papyracea (70123 84523)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Clementia papyracea (72096)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Philippines (Panay) Clementia papyracea (41650)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan (Kochi) Clementia papyracea (170023)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Clementia dariena (134659 134676)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Clementia papyracea (101415)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan Clementia vatheleti (96969 97029)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Clementia papyracea (101634)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan Clementia papyracea (55401)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen Clementia papyracea (55372 55373)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Clementia papyracea (63351)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Clementia papyracea (101543)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Clementia papyracea (81094 81100)