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Gouldiinae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Gouldiidae was named by Stewart (1930). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Veneridae by Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006); it was reranked as the tribe Gouldiini by Carter et al. (2011); it was reranked as the subfamily Gouldiinae by Bouchet et al. (2010), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

It was assigned to Meretricinae by Carter et al. (2011); and to Veneridae by Bouchet et al. (2010), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Circinae Dall
1930Gouldiidae Stewart
1954Gafrariinae Korobkov
1980Circinae Vokes p. 168
1985Circinae Miller III p. 123
1995Gafrariinae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 155
2010Gouldiinae Bouchet et al.
2011Gouldiini Carter et al. p. 17
2012Gouldiinae 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
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyGouldiinae(Stewart 1930)
subfamilyGouldiinae(Stewart 1930)

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.

Subfm. Gouldiinae Stewart 1930
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G. Gouldia Adams 1847
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Subg. †Gouldia (Circenita) Jousseaume 1888
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Circenita goodallioides Cossmann 1886
Subg. Gouldia (Gouldia) Adams 1847
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Gouldia (Gouldia) vetula Deshayes 1857
Subg. †Gouldia (Gouldiopa) Iredale 1924
Subg. †Gouldia (Paragouldia) Miller III 1985
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Gouldia alta Dall 1903
Gouldia camachoi Farinati 1985
Gouldia cerina Adams 1845
Gouldia circularis Deshayes 1857
Gouldia costaricensis Olsson 1922
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Invalid names: Gafrarium (Gouldia) phacotum Gardner 1926 [synonym]
Gouldia insularis Dall and Simpson 1901
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Invalid names: Gouldia limonensis Olsson 1922 [synonym]
Gouldia minuta Anderson 1928
Gouldia subpusilla d'Orbigny 1850
Invalid names: Thetis Adams 1845 [replaced]
Invalid names: Circinae Dall 1896 [synonym], Gafrariinae Korobkov 1954 [synonym], Gouldiina Stewart 1930 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Holocene or 145.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.9 Ma

Collections (386 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Germany Thetis schaumburgensis, Thetis sp. (95087)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (DrĂ´me) Thetis sp. (75576)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland Gafrarium angelini (27625)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Poland Gafrarium angelini (3112)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Circe angelini (35263 35264 35265 35266 35267)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia (Bolivar) Crassinella minuta (3312)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia Crassinella minuta (88279)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Circe vetula (3494)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) Gouldia variabilis (9193 9266 9267 9268 9269)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Essonne) Gouldia variabilis (9270)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) Gouldia deshayesiana (74865)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Germany Gouldia minima (171410)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Gouldia minima (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Gafrarium minima, Circe tivelinoides (72033)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Gouldia minima (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Gouldia minima (62899 62903 62932 62933 62934 62935 62953 62957 62959 62960 62961 62962 62964)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Gouldia sp. (136881 136882 136883 136886 156328 156329 156334 156354 156356 156368 156615 156616 156620 156685 156700 156748 156751 156752 156753 156754 156792 156793 156794 156797 157336 157344 157978 158043 160770 160776 160786 160787 160789 160790 160791 160798 160799 161091 161093 161094 161893 161894 162004 162009 162010)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Gafrarium altum (42225 42482 42605) Gafrarium erosum (41760 42281 42290 42328 42366 42367 42443)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Gouldia minima (111599)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Belgium Gouldia minima (114830)