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Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Artemis elegans was named by Conrad (1838) [DISTRIBUTION: North Carolina-Texas.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Dosinia elegans by Conrad (1863) and Böse (1906); it was recombined as Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans by Dall (1903), Palmer (1926) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Artemis elegans Conrad p. 30
1843Artemis elegans Conrad
1863Dosinia elegans Conrad p. 575
1903Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Dall p. 1231
1906Dosinia elegans Böse p. 80
1926Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Palmer p. 62
2008Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Hendy 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
—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
subgenusDosinidia
specieselegans(Conrad 1838)

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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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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Dosinia elegans (135502)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Dosinia elegans (131304)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Dosinia elegans (61026 61030 135499 135503)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Dosinia elegans (61022)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dosinia elegans (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Dosinia elegans (59484 59491 67074)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Dosinia elegans (59309)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Mexico (Veracruz) Dosinia elegans (59292)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Dosinia elegans (59316)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Dosinia elegans (41497 41501 41718 61309 79331 79786 79787 79788 80024)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Dosinia elegans (60944)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Dosinia elegans (60880)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Dosinia elegans (59313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Dosinia elegans (80053)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Dosinia elegans (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Dosinia elegans (61310 67069 80046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dosinia elegans (61311 69084 69085 80027 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Dosinia elegans (66759)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Dosinia elegans (66742)