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Dosinia exoleta

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus exoleta was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Dosinia exoleta by Henriques da Silva (1956), Freneix et al. (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Venus exoleta Linnaeus p. 688
1956Dosinia exoleta Henriques da Silva p. 35 figs. Pl 2, figs 4,5
1988Dosinia exoleta Freneix et al. p. 434

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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
subfamilyDosiniini(Deshayes 1858)
genusDosiniaScopoli 1777
speciesexoleta(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Dosinia exoleta Linnaeus 1758
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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sao Tome and Principe Dosinia exoleta (241058)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Moldova Dosinia exoleta (78646 78647 78648 78661 78664 78665 78684)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Hungary Dosinia exoleta (34739)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Italy Dosinia exoleta (191624)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Spain Dosinia exoleta (69788)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Dosinia exoleta (207783)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Dosinia exoleta (69860 70890)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Dosinia exoleta (69864 70864 70879 70882 70884)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Dosinia exoleta (86801)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) Dosinia exoleta (209253)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium Dosinia exoleta (76982)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Dosinia exoleta (178117)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Dosinia exoleta (173663)