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Ceratomya

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae

Synonyms
  • Ceromya was named by Agassiz (1842).

    It was replaced with Ceratomya by Cox (1963).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Ceromya Agassiz
1864Ceratomya Sandberger
1980Ceratomya Vokes p. 206
2002Ceratomya Sepkoski
2004Ceratomya Aberhan p. 138
2008Ceratomya Scholz et al.
2010Ceratomya Bouchet et al.
2013Ceratomya Repin p. 568

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyPleuromyoideaDall 1900
familyCeratomyidaeArkell 1934
genusCeratomyaSandberger 1864

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.

G. †Ceratomya Sandberger 1864
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Ceratomya concentrica Sowerby 1822
Ceratomya excentrica Roemer 1836
Ceratomya goniophora Cossmann 1900
Ceratomya leptoglypta Cossmann 1900
Ceratomya obtusa Gerber 1918
Ceratomya persica Repin 2013
Ceratomya petricosa Simpson 1855
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Invalid names: Isocardia liassica Moore 1867 [synonym]
Ceratomya pittieri de Loriol 1883
Ceratomya striata Sowerby 1815
Ceratomya telluris Lamarck 1819
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886
Invalid names: Ceromya Agassiz 1842 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height541.332.564.037.012.8
valve height237.831.146.038.610.5

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Hauterivian or 201.40000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (253 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Hungary C. ludovicae (125465)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Vietnam (South Viet-Nam) C. aalensis, C. tanganyicensis (37217)
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia C. wimmisensis (13787)
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia C. wimmisensis (13862)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Mexico (Sonora) C. sp. (40177)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Mexico (Sonora) C. concentrica (115215 115216) C. petricosa (115217)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Argentina (Neuquen) C. sp. (10701)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) C. petricosa (159141)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Greenland C. petricosa (162111 162280) C. sp. (162272)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) C. sp. (204120)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) C. excentrica (68220)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Kenya C. excentrica (36497 36509)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Ethiopia Ceromya excentrica (94584 94585) Ceromya paucilirata, Ceromya orbicularis, Ceromya excentrica (94491)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Madagascar C. sp. (98193)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Mexico (Chiapas) C. sp. (98672)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal C. excentrica (5988 6010 7408 8511 8671 8673)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Saudi Arabia C. excentrica (45691) C. sp. (45650)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Somalia C. excentrica (161478)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Switzerland (Jura) C. sp. (180789)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Chile (Coquimbo) C. sp. (222008)