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Cryptomya californica

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Taxonomy
Sphaenia californica was named by Conrad (1837) [DISTRIBUTION: Alaska-Mexico, Japan; Late Miocene-Recent.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cryptomya californica by Ashley (1895), Woodring and Bramlette (1950), Coan et al. (2000), Hendy (2021).

Subspecies
C. magna
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. busoensis, C. ferruginea

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Sphaenia californica Conrad p. 234
1856Cryptomya ovalis Conrad p. 314
1857Cryptomya ovalis Conrad p. 69 figs. pl. 2, fig. 2
1895Cryptomya californica Ashley p. 344
1907Cryptomya ovalis Arnold p. 26 figs. pl. 55, fig. 7
1908Cryptomya ovalis Arnold p. 400 figs. pl. 36, fig. 9
1909Cryptomya oregonensis Dall p. 132
1910Cryptomya ovalis Arnold p. 150 figs. pl. 22, fig. 5
1915Mya (Cryptomya) ovalis Clark p. 479 figs. Plate 60, figures 3 and 4
1924Mya inopia Hanna pp. 172 - 173
1928Macoma kerica Hendrickson pp. pp. 13, 15, 16, 18 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 1
1942Cryptomya oregonensis Weaver p. 252
1950Cryptomya californica Woodring and Bramlette
2000Cryptomya californica Coan et al. p. 474
2021Cryptomya californica Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyMyoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMyidaeLamarck 1809
genusCryptomyaConrad 1848
speciescalifornica(Conrad 1837)

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: Cryptomya oregonensis Dall 1909 [synonym], Cryptomya ovalis Conrad 1856 [synonym], Macoma kerica Hendrickson 1928 [synonym], Mya inopia Hanna 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:49:19
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:49:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (118 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Cryptomya californica (195300)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Russian Federation Cryptomya californica (49979 50038)
Tortonian - Piacenzian11.62 - 2.588USA (California) Cryptomya californica (188305)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Cryptomya californica (216868)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Cryptomya californica (194802 194803 194888 195031 195034 195035)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6USA (California) Cryptomya californica (39324 39326 39327 39333 39334 39335 39351 39353 39354 39355 39389 39390 39391 39393 39395 39396 39404 39405 39407)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Cryptomya californica (97208 97241 97242 97404 220198 220199) Cryptomya ovalis (208580)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Cryptomya californica (122281 216433 216864)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Cryptomya californica (96571 96572 200398 200412 238459)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Cryptomya californica (122752)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Cryptomya californica (189561 189760 189761 189762 189763 189765 207642 207654 207656 207667 207675 207687 207690 207691 207693 207695 207697 207699 207700 207713 207721 207724 207762 214278 214279 214280 214286)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Cryptomya oregonensis (71142)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Cryptomya californica (201624 237610)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Cryptomya californica (96590 96592 96593)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Chile (Coquimbo) Cryptomya californica (222333)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Peru (Ica) Cryptomya californica (219105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cryptomya californica (71053 96894 138723 222663 222664 222998)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Cryptomya californica (223009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Cryptomya californica (67642 67643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Cryptomya californica (37676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Cryptomya californica (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cryptomya californica (22632 28157 37673 59063 96566 96589 96895 96900 96930 96936 96937 160361 219029 219030 222659 222660 222661 222662 222674 223045 226458)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Cryptomya californica (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Moquegua) Cryptomya californica (43708 43710)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Cryptomya californica (97641 97643)