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Gouldia cerina

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Thetis cerina was named by Adams (1845) [DISTRIBUTION: Holocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Gouldia, Thetis.

It was recombined as Gouldia cerina by da Silva Forti (1969), Woodring (1982), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. metastriata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Thetis cerina Adams
1969Gouldia cerina da Silva Forti p. 82
1982Gouldia cerina Woodring p. 682
2012Gouldia cerina Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 786

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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
subfamilyGouldiinae(Stewart 1930)
genusGouldiaAdams 1847
speciescerina(Adams 1845)

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.

Gouldia cerina Adams 1845
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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 16:34:44
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:34:44
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Gouldia cerina (131210 131217 131218 131363)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Gouldia cerina (41501)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Gafrarium cerina (80304)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Gouldia cerina (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Gouldia cerina (61310 67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Gouldia cerina (195917 195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil Gouldia cerina (72134)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Gouldia cerina (80837 80853 80854)