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Dosinia ponderosa jacalitosana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Dosinia jacalitosana was named by Arnold (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 165575, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dosinia ponderosa jacalitosana by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Dosinia jacalitosana Arnold p. 67 figs. Plate XVI, figure 5
1915Dosinia (Dosinella) arnoldi Clark p. 459 figs. Plate 51, figures 1 and 2
1917Dosinia arnoldi Nomland pp. 300, 302
1931Dosinia ponderosa jacalitosana Grant, IV and Gale pp. 352 - 353 figs. Plate 15, Figures 2a, 2b, 3

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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
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
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)
subspeciesjacalitosana()

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]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 15.97000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Dosinia jacalitosana (44968)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Dosinia jacalitosana (220197)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Dosinia jacalitosana (97210 97235 97236 97402)