Pholadomya Sowerby 1823 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Parent taxon: Pholadomyidae according to M. Aberhan 2004

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Eames 1951, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999, Nagao 1928, Ronchetti 1970, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Russell and Landes 1937, Scholz et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1987, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Agrawalimya, Anomalopleuroidea, Arcomya, Cortinia, Deltamya, Dianomya, Girardotia, Goniomya, Homomya, Homoya, Machomya, Molukkana, Neoburmesia, Osteomya, Pachymya, Parilimya, Pholadomyinae, Rhytimya, Tetorimya, Triplicosta

Subtaxa: Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) Pholadomya (Pholadomya) Pholadomya (Triplicosta) Pholadomya acuminata Pholadomya adversa Pholadomya albertensis Pholadomya altumbonata Pholadomya aubryi Pholadomya borealis Pholadomya candida Pholadomya cardissoides Pholadomya carinata Pholadomya claibornensis Pholadomya clementina Pholadomya collombi Pholadomya connectans Pholadomya corbuloides Pholadomya cuneiformis Pholadomya cupressensis Pholadomya decussata Pholadomya diegoensis Pholadomya distorta Pholadomya elongata Pholadomya esmarcki Pholadomya esmarki Pholadomya falconensis Pholadomya gigantea Pholadomya granulifera Pholadomya gronlandica Pholadomya harrigani Pholadomya hians Pholadomya hulenana Pholadomya inaequiplicata Pholadomya incurvata Pholadomya kernensis Pholadomya laeviuscula Pholadomya lagenalis Pholadomya lirata Pholadomya lorica Pholadomya margaritata Pholadomya marylandica Pholadomya mclearni Pholadomya miocenica Pholadomya mori Pholadomya munita Pholadomya murrayensis Pholadomya nasuta Pholadomya nevadana Pholadomya nitanae Pholadomya nonaimensis Pholadomya occidentalis Pholadomya orbiculata Pholadomya oregonensis Pholadomya orientalis Pholadomya ovalis Pholadomya parahybensis Pholadomya paucicosta Pholadomya pedernalis Pholadomya percarinata Pholadomya phaseolus Pholadomya pleuromyaeformis Pholadomya puschi Pholadomya qinghaiensis Pholadomya quenstedti Pholadomya ragazzii Pholadomya rigacci Pholadomya russelli Pholadomya sanctaecrucis Pholadomya sonorensis Pholadomya stefaninii Pholadomya subelongata Pholadomya sublirata Pholadomya subventricosa Pholadomya valangiensis Pholadomya vasellii Pholadomya vaticana Pholadomya vignesi Pholadomya walli

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Type: Pholadomya candida

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Belgium (3 collections), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), the United Kingdom (2), Venezuela (4)

• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Chile (2), Colombia (1), Cyprus (1), Germany (1), India (1), Japan (1), Malta (1), Moldova (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (1), Taiwan (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: California), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Germany (1), Hungary (2), the Russian Federation (4), United States (1: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Bulgaria (2), Chile (1), China (2), Germany (1), Italy (2), Japan (8), Mexico (2), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (39: Alabama, California, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas)

• Paleocene to Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)

• Paleocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (3), China (2), Denmark (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (26: California, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Angola (3), Antarctica (3), Argentina (23), Australia (1), Austria (4), Brazil (5), Bulgaria (1), Cameroon (7), Canada (17: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatachewan), Chile (8), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (2), Egypt (35), Ethiopia (1), France (19), Gabon (6), Germany (5), Greenland (1), Hungary (2), India (1), Iran (3), Italy (2), Jamaica (2), Japan (13), Jordan (2), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (4), Madagascar (1), Mexico (11), Morocco (1), Mozambique (6), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Niger (1), Nigeria (4), Oman (3), Pakistan (1), Peru (7), Poland (12), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (4), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (5), Spain (2), Switzerland (18), Tanzania (3), USSR (3), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (98: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (1), Yemen (3)

• Heterian of New Zealand (1)

• Temaikan of New Zealand (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Chile (1)

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (2), Antarctica (1), Argentina (8), Bulgaria (2), Canada (24: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (155), China (5), Colombia (1), Egypt (3), Eritrea (2), Ethiopia (23), France (52), Germany (12), Greenland (41), Hungary (5), India (41), Iran (8), Italy (4), Japan (2), Jordan (23), Kenya (10), Luxembourg (3), Madagascar (13), Mexico (4), Morocco (2), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (11), Poland (6), Portugal (12), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (13), Saudi Arabia (63), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Slovakia (1), Somalia (9), Spain (100), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (10), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (6), Thailand (3), Tunisia (20), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (59), United States (35: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming), Vietnam (1), Yemen (14)

• Triassic of Argentina (2), Austria (5), Germany (1), Hungary (2), Italy (9), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 1373 collections including 1673 occurrences

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