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Leukoma asperrima

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus asperrima was named by Sowerby (1835). It is extant.

It was recombined as Protothaca (Leukoma) asperrima by Keen (1971); it was recombined as Nioche (Nioche) asperrima by Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Protothaca asperrima by DeVries and Wells (1990); it was recombined as Leukoma asperrima by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. antiqua, L. itoigawae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Venus asperrima Sowerby p. 249
1971Protothaca (Leukoma) asperrima Keen p. 193
1982Nioche (Nioche) asperrima Woodring p. 707
1990Protothaca asperrima DeVries and Wells
2012Leukoma asperrima Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 771

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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
genusLeukomaRömer 1857
speciesasperrima(Sowerby 1835)

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.

Leukoma asperrima Sowerby 1835
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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 16:39:18
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:39:18
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Peru Protothaca asperrima (219107)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Leukoma asperrima (160394 160395)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Protothaca asperrima (97641)