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Anodontia alba

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Anodontia alba was named by Link (1807) [DISTRIBUTION: North Carolina-circum Caribbean.]. It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. reklawensis, A. reklawensis

Synonyms
  • Lucina chrysostoma was named by Philippi (1845) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Anodontia alba by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Anodontia alba Link
1845Lucina chrysostoma Philippi
1921Lucina chrysostoma Vaughn
1982Anodontia alba Woodring
2006Anodontia alba von Cosel p. 836
2018Anodontia alba Kiel and Taviana

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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
speciesalbaLink 1807

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.

Anodontia alba Link 1807
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Invalid names: Lucina chrysostoma Philippi 1845 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.63Haiti Lucina chrysostoma (173458 173459)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Puerto Rico Lucina chrysostoma (80204 80205 80289)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Puerto Rico Lucina chrysostoma (80249)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Lucina chrysostoma (58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Lucina chrysostoma (58867)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Lucina chrysostoma (59484 59485 59489)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Anodontia alba (41501 41539 61309)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Lucina chrysostoma (80304)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Cuba Lucina chrysostoma (66770)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Lucina chrysostoma (75423 75425)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti Lucina chrysostoma (66811 66818)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Anodontia alba (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Anodontia alba (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Anodontia alba (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Anodontia alba (80837 80853 80854)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anodontia alba (61311 69087 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Anodontia alba (66749)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Anodontia alba (41935 92776)