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Sphaerium (fingernail clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae

Taxonomy
Sphaerium was named by Scopoli (1777) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8689]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pisidiidae by Vokes (1980) and Roth and Hartman (1998); to Sphaeriidae by Schultz and Cheatum (1970), Shoshani et al. (1989) and Lamprell and Healy (1998); and to Sphaeriinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Sphaerium Scopoli
1970Sphaerium Schultz and Cheatum p. 842
1980Sphaerium Vokes p. 166
1989Sphaerium Shoshani et al. p. 435
1998Sphaerium Lamprell and Healy p. 184
1998Sphaerium Roth and Hartman
2010Sphaerium Bouchet et al.

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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)
DreissenoiteiMoore 1952
superfamilySphaerioideaDeshayes 1854
familySphaeriidaeDeshayes 1855
subfamilyPisidiinae(Gray 1857)
genusSphaeriumScopoli 1777

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. Sphaerium Scopoli 1777 [fingernail clam]
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Sphaerium cooperi Arnold 1909
Sphaerium hartmanni Jickeli 1874
Sphaerium kettlemanensis Arnold 1909
Sphaerium nitidum Clessin 1976
Sphaerium rivicola Lamarck 1818
Sphaerium stewartensis Firby 1966
Sphaerium tasmanicum Tenison-Woods 1876
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:30:15
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:30:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Rancholabrean or 163.50000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0China (Liaoning) Sphaerium sp. 1 (29712)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Sphaerium dayaoense (36973)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Japan (Fukuoka) Sphaerium anderssoni (40611 40612)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Japan (Yamaguchi) Sphaerium anderssoni (40253 40254 40650 40651)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Japan (Ishikawa) Sphaerium sp. (32324 50357)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Liaoning) Sphaerium selenginense, Sphaerium jeholense (36972)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Sphaerium selenginense, Sphaerium jeholense (36971)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Montana) Sphaerium sp. (22689)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Sphaerium recticardinale (47816)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Sphaerium planum (14446)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) Sphaerium beckmani, Sphaerium subellipticum (192041) Sphaerium sp. (142492)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Sphaerium sp. (14620)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Sphaerium sp. (14514)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Sphaerium formosum, Sphaerium fowleri (14569)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Sphaerium subellipticum (54105)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Sphaerium sp. (47034)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Alberta) Sphaerium sp. (22925)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Sphaerium formosum, Sphaerium fowleri (22879) Sphaerium fowleri (22885 22912)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Sphaerium sp. (182667)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Nevada) Sphaerium sp. (135745)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Sphaerium sp. (34615)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Sphaerium rivicola (231125) Sphaerium sp. (231110)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Sphaerium cynodon (19447)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Sphaerium sp. (174455)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Sphaerium cynodon (217347 217348 217349 217350)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Sphaerium angulare (70097)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Sphaerium sp. (35239 35240)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Oregon) Sphaerium sp. (225472)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Sphaerium sp. (207705)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Sphaerium corneum (50274)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Sphaerium simile (20293) Sphaerium sp. (20352 20426)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126France (Haute-Normandie Region) Sphaerium sp. (36391)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Sphaerium corneum (36015)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Sphaerium sp. (183080)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) Sphaerium sp., Sphaerium striatinum (70130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Sphaerium sp. (93208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Sphaerium sp. (63150)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Sphaerium sp. (194846)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sphaerium striatinum (93554)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Sphaerium striatinum (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sphaerium striatinum (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Sphaerium hartmanni (22066)