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Petricola

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Petricola Lamarck
1904Petricola Glenn p. 302
1976Petricola Vokes p. 47
1980Petricola Vokes p. 179
1982Petricola Woodring p. 709
1987Petricola Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992Petricola Lamprell and Whitehead p. 158
2002Petricola Sepkoski
2005Petricola Schneider et al. p. 103
2010Petricola Bouchet et al.

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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
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
tribeMeretriciniGray 1847
familyPetricolina(Deshayes 1839)
genusPetricolaLamarck 1801

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.

G. Petricola Lamarck 1801
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Subg. Petricola (Petricola) Lamarck 1801
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Invalid names: Petricola pedroana Conrad 1855 [synonym], Saxicava abrupta Conrad 1855 [synonym]
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Petricola (Petricolaria) parallela Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
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Invalid names: Petricolaria lata Dall 1894 [synonym]
Petricola californiensis Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
Petricola claibornensis Harris 1919
Petricola dactylus Sowerby 1823
Petricola gracilis Deshayes 1853
Petricola gracilis parallela Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
Petricola harrisii Dall 1898
Petricola lapicida Gmelin 1792
Petricola millestriata Brown and Pilsbry 1913
Petricola olssoni Bernard 1983
Petricola pectorosa Conrad 1834
Petricola rugosa Sowerby 1834
Petricola tellimyalis Carpenter 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: boringg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: WB, SE/IM, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-04 16:31:33
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:31:33
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Holocene or 113.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (121 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland P. meriani, P. escheri (2167)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) P. novaegyptica (91761)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) P. sp. (92489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) P. claibornensis (90600)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) P. rupestris (74865)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) P. sp. (71217 238214)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Chile (CopiapĆ³) P. rugosa (223453)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) P. hoerleae (92459 92556)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland P. rupestris (70539)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) P. sp. (111204)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) P. calvertensis (79112) P. sp. (79113) Pleiorytis calvertensis (60376 70844 70846)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic P. caimitica (58867)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) P. lapicida (41552)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) P. carditoides (122281 194664)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela P. lapicida (131217) P. lapicida, P. venezuelensis (131210)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Western Cape) P. prava (118317)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) P. concoralla (92380) Petricoxenica concoralla (79958)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) P. carditoides (238607) P. denticulata (200412)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) P. carolinensis (59309 59310)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) P. carditoides (122752)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) P. carditoides (189765 207762)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Western Cape) P. prava (118303)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) P. grinnelli (59318) P. pectorosa (58897) P. pholadiformis (59316)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) P. lapicida (79331)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) P. carditoides (201624 237604)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) P. pholadiformis (66604 66611 66612 66614 66618 66621 66622 66623 66626)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) P. carditoides (96592 96593 96594)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Delaware) P. pholadiformis (66703)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Chile (CopiapĆ³) P. rugosa (222838 222876)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) P. pholadiformis, P. grinnelli (59313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba P. typica (66770)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) P. carditoides (37933 37937 37940 37943 37947 37948)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Peru (Ica) P. sp. (219105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) P. carditoides (138723 222998) P. carditoides, P. denticulata (222663)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco P. lithophaga, P. pholadiformis (127636)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) P. carditoides (223009) P. carditoides, Cypricardia pedroana (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) P. californiensis (226458) P. californiensis, P. gracilis (219029 219030) P. carditoides (37673 37674 222662) P. carditoides, P. cognata (222659) P. carditoides, P. cognata, P. denticulata (222660) P. carditoides, P. denticulata (96895 222661) P. carditoides, P. tellimyalis, P. californiensis (59063) P. parallela (96589) P. tellimyalis, P. californiensis, P. gracilis (160361) Petricolaria cognata (96930 96935 96936 96937 96938 96939) Saxicava abrupta, P. pedroana (222650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) P. pholadiformis (61268)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Moquegua) P. rugosa (43708 43710)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico P. carditoides (52347 67613 67641 67642 67643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) P. pholadiformis (57703 57705 57706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) P. pholadiformis (66746)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan P. lapicida (96943 96945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti P. lapicida (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) P. bicolor (110492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece P. sp. (88774)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) P. pholadiformis (66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Turkey P. lithophaga (78333)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) P. pholadiformis (66724)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) P. pholadiformis (60928 66755 66758) P. pholadiformis, P. lata (66760)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) P. pholadiformis (41935 41940 92774 92776)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) P. lapicida (97606 97609)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela P. typica (131223)