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Calva (Egelicalva)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Calva (Egelicalva) Saul and Popenoe p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
genusCalva
subgenusEgelicalva

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.

Subg. †Calva (Egelicalva) Saul and Popenoe 1992
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Invalid names: Meretrix coronada Anderson 1958 [synonym], Meretrix nitida major Packard 1922 [synonym]
†Calva (Egelicalva) byblidis Saul and Popenoe 1992
†Calva (Egelicalva) crassa Saul and Popenoe 1992
†Calva (Egelicalva) spissa Saul and Popenoe 1992
†Calva (Egelicalva) taffi Anderson 1958
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1992Calva spp. of trigonal shape, smooth except for growth lines and checks, having the lunule impressed and wide and the escutcheon very obscurely developed. Hinge plate moderately to strongly arched, with the major flexure at or in front of cardinal tooth 3b, the posterior lateral socket relatively long and narrow, and posterior lateral PI well developed but low. Pallial sinus linguiform.
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 112.03000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (95 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (California) Calva byblidis (219063)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (California) Calva byblidis (219053 219088 219089)
Early/Lower Albian - Cenomanian112.03 - 93.9USA (California) Calva byblidis (153883)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9USA (California) Calva nitida (219064)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Calva nitida (185734 219085) Calva spissa (185726) Trigonocallista nitida (167603)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Oregon) Calva nitida (219065 219068)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (California) Chione varians (193034) Trigonocallista nitida (215430)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) Calva nitida (158109)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Calva spissa (176024 185411 185440 219062 219066 219067 219080 219081 219090) Trigonocallista nitida (44199 44240 176026)
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6USA (California) Calva taffi (185412)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Calva spissa (219061 219071)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (California) Calva taffi (215318)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (California) Calva taffi (185441 185448)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (California) Calva taff (219060)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (California) Calva taffi (86780 86781 86955 86956 215429) Trigonocallista nitida (44275)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (California) Calva taffi (72038 207437 215293 219056)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (California) Calva taffi (215319)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (British Columbia) Calva taffi (210547)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (California) Calva bowersiana (168012) Calva buttensis (69312 86938) Trigonocallista major (215345)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Washington) Calva bowersiana (86868)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Calva buttensis (3888 86939 214075 219082) Trigonocallista bowersiana, Trigonocallista varians (44277)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alaska) Calva buttensis (219072)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Calva bowersiana (219055) Calva bowersiana, Trigonocallista bowersiana (86794) Calva varians (1521 1523 1525 1536 1548) Meretrix nitida (207831) Trigonocallista bowersiana (72057 86793 185168 214144 219077 220906)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Calva bowersiana (69314 86936 144763 144764 144772 144773) Trigonocallista bowersiana (185174 219079 220915 221105 221106 221107)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Meretrix sp. (207829)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico Egelicalva crassa (1372)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Egelicalva crassa (1354) Trigonocallista nitida (83790 83791 83792 83793)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (California) Calva bowersiana (215320) Calva crassa (219070 219084)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (California) Calva taffi (219073) Trigonocallista nitida (219051)