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Stewartia anodonta

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina anodonta was named by Say (1824). It is extant.

It was recombined as Phacoides (Pseudomiltha) anodonta by Glenn (1904); it was recombined as Megaxinus anodonta by Kidwell (1982); it was recombined as Stewartia anodonta by Olsson and Harbison (1953), Ward (1992) and Ward (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Lucina micraulax

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Lucina anodonta Say p. 146 figs. Plate X, Fig. 9
1904Phacoides (Pseudomiltha) anodonta Glenn p. 336
1953Stewartia anodonta Olsson and Harbison
1982Megaxinus anodonta Kidwell
1992Stewartia anodonta Ward p. 79
1998Stewartia anodonta Ward p. 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusStewartiaOlsson 1953
speciesanodonta(Say 1824)

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: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Stewartia anodonta (71649 71651 71652)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Phacoides anodonta (59722 92757)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608USA (Rhode Island) Phacoides anodonta (88533)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Maryland) Megaxinus anodonta (79101)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Stewartia anodonta (18579)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Phacoides anodonta (60379) Phacoides anodonta, Stewartia anodonta (55517)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Megaxinus anodonta (79104 79105 79107 79109 79113) Stewartia anodonta (60376 70830 70832 70846)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Stewartia anodonta (71643)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Stewartia anodonta (70853)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Stewartia anodonta (51722 51727 59303 59304 59305 68978)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Stewartia anodonta (71619 71623)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Virginia) Stewartia anodonta (59297)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Virginia) Stewartia anodonta (71620 71624)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Pseudomiltha anodonta (60940)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Stewartia anodonta (79248)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Phacoides anodonta (59293)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Stewartia anodonta (79246 79247 80036 80038 80040)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) Stewartia anodonta (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Phacoides anodonta (41501 79331) Stewartia anodonta (79786 79788 79789 80025)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Phacoides anodonta (60944)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Stewartia anodonta (58898 69043 79339 80033 80034 80035)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Stewartia anodonta (80053 80083)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Phacoides anodonta (41705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Phacoides anodonta (80001) Stewartia anodonta (69038 70010)