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Taxonomy
Venus orbiculata was named by Montagu (1808) [DISTRIBUTION: North Carolina-Mexico and circum-Caribbean.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Codakia (Ctena) orbiculata by da Silva Forti (1969); it was recombined as Ctena orbiculata by Rosenberg (2005).
It was recombined as Codakia (Ctena) orbiculata by da Silva Forti (1969); it was recombined as Ctena orbiculata by Rosenberg (2005).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1808 | Venus orbiculata Montagu |
| 1969 | Codakia (Ctena) orbiculata da Silva Forti p. 80 |
| 2005 | Ctena orbiculata Rosenberg |
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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.
Ctena orbiculata Montagu 1808
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela | Codakia orbiculata (92751) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela | Ctena orbiculata (131217 131237) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Panama | Codakia orbiculata (80304) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Codakia orbiculata (79331 79336) | |
| Pleistocene | Cuba | Lucina squamosa (66775) | |
| Pleistocene | Dominican Republic | Codakia orbiculata (75422) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Bermuda | Codakia orbiculata (67947 67961 67962 67966 67969) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Codakia orbiculata (67069) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cayman Islands | Codakia orbiculata (80837 80853 80854) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Jamaica | Codakia orbiculata (80407 80408) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bermuda | Codakia orbiculata (67948 67965) | |
| Holocene | Brazil | Codakia orbiculata (72121) |