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Venus (Ventricola) multilamella

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cytherea multilamella was named by Lamarck (1818) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Europe, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venus (Ventricola) multilamella by Vredenburg (1928).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Cytherea multilamella Lamarck p. 581
1928Venus (Ventricola) multilamella Vredenburg p. 451

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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
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusVenusSchumacher 1817
subgenusVentricola(Römer 1867)
speciesmultilamella(Lamarck 1818)

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 mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 33.90000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Venus multilamella (77157 77401)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Venus multilamella (77159)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Greece Venus multilamella (72305)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Cyprus Venus multilamella (71882)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Venus multilamella (72310)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Spain Venus multilamella (69788 69789)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece Venus multilamella (72311)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) Cytherea multilamella (209253)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Venus multilamella (72318)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece Venus multilamella (72414 72415)