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Anodontia (Loripinus)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Loripinus was named by Monterosato (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Lucina (Loripinus) by Thiele and Jaeckel (1931); it was reranked as Anodontia (Loripinus) by von Cosel (2006).

It was assigned to Lucina by Thiele and Jaeckel (1931); to Lucinidae by Beu et al. (1990); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Anodontia by von Cosel (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Sister taxa
Loripinus (Eophysema)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Loripinus Monterosato
1931Lucina (Loripinus) Thiele and Jaeckel
1990Loripinus Beu et al. p. 396
2002Loripinus Sepkoski
2006Anodontia (Loripinus) von Cosel p. 840

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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
genusAnodontiaLink 1807
subgenusLoripinus(Monterosato 1883)

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.

Subg. Anodontia (Loripinus) Monterosato 1883
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Subg. Loripinus (Eophysema) Stewart 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:58:13
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:02:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Piacenzian or 41.03000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Anodontia subvexa (90600) Eophysema subvexa (81282)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) Loripinus benoisti (74865)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98New Zealand (Dannevirke) Loripinus sp. A (35639 35640 35643 35660) Loripinus sp. B (35641 35642 35649)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Anodontia noerregaardi (111599)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Anodontia noerregaardi (61897 61903)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Sevilla) Anodontia fragillis (123585)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ecuador (Manabi) Loripinus sphaerica (51880)