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Dosinia (Asa)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Asa was named by Basterot (1825) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Dosinia (Asa) by Beu et al. (1990).

It was assigned to Dosinia by Beu et al. (1990); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Asa Basterot
1990Dosinia (Asa) Beu et al. p. 400
2002Asa Sepkoski

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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
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
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
subgenusAsa(Basterot 1825)

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. Dosinia (Asa) Basterot 1825
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Gelasian or 20.44000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Dosinia basteroti (111599)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Dosinia lambata (45027 45031)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Dosinia lupines (86802)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Dosinia lupines (86803 86804 86805 86806)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium Dosinia lupines (86807 86808)