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Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Venus borealis was named by Linnaeus (1767). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lucina borealis by Linnaeus (1758), Wood (1850) and Ashley (1895); it was recombined as Lucinoma borealis by Bosselaers et al. (2004) and Schnetler and Palm (2008); it was recombined as Triodonta borealis by Kato et al. (2008); it was recombined as Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis by Moths et al. (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Lucina borealis Linnaeus
1767Venus borealis Linnaeus p. 1134
1850Lucina borealis Wood p. 139
1895Lucina borealis Ashley p. 344
1958Codakia jutensis Sorgenfrei p. 93 figs. pl. 13, figs. 40a-h
2004Lucinoma borealis Bosselaers et al. p. 31
2008Triodonta borealis Kato et al.
2008Lucinoma borealis Schnetler and Palm p. 17
2010Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Moths et al. p. 18

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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
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusLucinomaDall 1901
subgenusLucinomaDall 1901
speciesborealis(Linnaeus 1767)

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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Invalid names: Codakia jutensis Sorgenfrei 1958 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:00:34
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:02:45
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Hungary Lucinoma borealis (8338)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark Lucinoma borealis (111472 111474 111475)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Lucinoma borealis (8211)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Germany Lucinoma borealis (171410)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Lucinoma borealis (62883) Lucinoma borealis, Codakia jutensis (62882)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Lucinoma borealis (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Lucinoma borealis (62899 62903 62934)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Lucinoma borealis (77402 77403)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Lucinoma borealis (111599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Lucinoma borealis (178108 178111)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Belgium Lucinoma borealis (114830)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy Lucinoma borealis (178116)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy (Pordenone) Lucinoma borealis (37372)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Netherlands Lucinoma borealis (186883)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Lucinoma borealis (61895 61896 61897 61898 61899 61900 61901 61902 61903 61905 61906 62885 62886 62891 62893)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Lucinoma borealis (51688 51690 51691)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Belgium Lucinoma borealis (77858 77859 77861)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Lucinoma borealis (51687)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Lucinoma borealis (145973)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco Lucinoma borealis (161327 173165)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Lucinoma borealis (48092)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium Lucinoma borealis (77862 77863 77864 77866 77867 77868 77869 77870 77871)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Morocco Lucinoma borealis (173163 173164 173167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Lucinoma borealis (86801 86802)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Lucina borealis (84755 84763 84795 84992)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium Lucinoma borealis (76982)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Lucinoma borealis (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Lucina borealis (84819)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Niigata) Triodonta borealis (89861)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Lucinoma borealis (86803 86804 86805 86806)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium Lucinoma borealis (86807)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Lucinoma borealis (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Lucinoma borealis (97966 97967 97969)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Lucina borealis (84834)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Lucinoma borealis (98196 98199)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Lucinoma borealis (56806)