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Dosinia ponderosa

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Artemis ponderosa was named by Gray (1838). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dosinia (Dosinidia) ponderosa by Olsson (1964); it was recombined as Dosinia (Dosinia) ponderosa by Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Dosinia ponderosa by Woodring and Bramlette (1950), Keen (1971) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
  • Dosinia grandis was named by Nelson (1870). It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Dosinia (Dosinidia) ponderosa by Olsson (1964); it was synonymized subjectively with Dosinia (Dosinia) ponderosa by Woodring (1982).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Artemis ponderosa Gray
1870Dosinia grandis Nelson p. 201
1950Dosinia ponderosa Woodring and Bramlette
1964Dosinia (Dosinidia) ponderosa Olsson p. 58
1971Dosinia ponderosa Keen p. 178
1982Dosinia (Dosinia) ponderosa Woodring p. 696
2021Dosinia ponderosa Hendy

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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
speciesponderosa(Gray 1838)

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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Invalid names: Dosinia (Dosinella) arnoldi Clark 1915 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dosinia grandis Nelson 1870 [synonym]
†Dosinia ponderosa diegoana Hertlein and Grant 1972
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru (Tumbes) Dosinia grandis (59000)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Dosinia ponderosa (42598 93049 93050)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru Dosinia ponderosa (76597)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Dosinia jacalitosana (44968)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.97 - 3.6Chile (Copiapó) Dosinia ponderosa (222872)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Dosinia ponderosa (93145 93147)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Dosinia ponderosa (145343)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Dosinia jacalitosana (220197)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Dosinia grandis (60399 60637 60638) Dosinia titan (81976 96515)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Chile Dosinia ponderosa (80567)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Dosinia ponderosa (195033)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Dosinia ponderosa (60772)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Dosinia ponderosa (43841 43843)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Dosinia jacalitosana (97210 97235 97236 97402) Dosinia ponderosa (208580)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) Dosinia ponderosa (154115)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Chile (Antofagasta) Dosinia ponderosa (96707)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador (Manabi) Dosinia grandis (51884)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Chile Dosinia ponderosa (80566)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Dosinia grandis (66791 66795)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Dosinia ponderosa (204366)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Chile (Copiapó) Dosinia ponderosa (222835)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Dosinia ponderosa (214261 214264 214267)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Chile (Huasco) Dosinia ponderosa (223685)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) Dosinia ponderosa (154116)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Dosinia ponderosa (15672 238418 238421 238434 238435 238437 238456 238605 238606 238612 238613 238615 238618 238619 238621 238622 238623 238624)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Peru Dosinia ponderosa (97648 97650 97651)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ecuador (Manabi) Dosinia grandis (51880)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ecuador (Manabi) Dosinia grandis (51878)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ecuador (Manabi) Dosinia grandis (51879)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Dosinia ponderosa (189766 189767 207646 207648 207651 207667 207672 207673 207676 207688 207693 207694 207709 214277 214278 214279 214280 214285 214286 214287)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Peru Dosinia ponderosa (97649)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ecuador Dosinia ponderosa (97639)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Dosinia ponderosa (222646 222954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Dosinia ponderosa (96566 96895 96939 160361 219030 222970 223524)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Dosinia ponderosa (147802 147803)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Dosinia ponderosa (34933 34939 44963 96557 96561)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Dosinia ponderosa (89597)