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Congeria

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae

Taxonomy
Congeria is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Dreissenidae by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data
C. banatica, C. basteroti, C. carinata, C. subcarinata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Congeria Kiessling

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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)
—DreissenoiteiMoore 1952
superfamilyDreissenoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDreissenidaeGray 1840
genusCongeria

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: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-06 16:19:54
Modified: 2009-07-06 18:19:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Germany C. sp. (70002)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary C. basteroti (8211)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) C. basteroti, C. subbasteroti (74865)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany Congeria indet. (70337)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria C. sandbergeri (60312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Croatia C. banatica, C. czjzeki, C. martonfii, C. zahalkai (68266) C. martonfii, C. ornithopsis, C. partschi (68265) C. sp. (68221)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Thraki) C. sp. (205293 205294 205295)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) C. neumayri (37789)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania C. carinata (73300) C. subcarinata (73301)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bosnia and Herzegovina C. basteroti (178160)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Austria C. subglobosa (127417)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) C. sp. (113998)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Georgia C. flexuosa (45921 45922 45923 45925)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) C. leucopheatus (66742)