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Taxonomy
Cytherea was named by Lamarck (1808). It is extant.
It was assigned to Meretricinae by Glenn (1904); to Veneroida by Papier (2001); and to Venerinae by Rosenberg (2005).
It was assigned to Meretricinae by Glenn (1904); to Veneroida by Papier (2001); and to Venerinae by Rosenberg (2005).
Species
C. adabionensis, C. aequorea, C. ambigua, C. astartiformis, C. avia, C. capillacea, C. corbuloides, C. curionii, C. elegantula, C. elliptica, C. erycinoides, C. eversa, C. gruneri, C. humerosa, C. hunteri, C. imitabilis, C. jerdoni, C. lamberti, C. mississippiensis, C. mortoni, C. murrayana, C. nuttali, C. obsoleta, C. orbicularis, C. oregonensis, C. paucirugata, C. pectinata, C. perbrevis, C. poulsoni, C. rawesi, C. rhaetica, C. scinctilla, C. sobrina, C. soror, C. subcrassa, C. submultistriata, C. tenuidentata, C. trigoniata, C. wapsharei, C. wilsoni, C. wohltmanni
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1808 | Cytherea Lamarck |
| 1848 | Cytherea oregonensis Conrad |
| 1904 | Cytherea Glenn p. 314 |
| 1931 | Pitaria (Pitaria) oregonensis Etherington p. 78 figs. Plate 6, figures 1, 2, 3 |
| 1944 | Pitar oregonensis Durham p. 148 |
| 2001 | Cytherea Papier p. 372 |
| 2005 | Cytherea Rosenberg |
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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. Cytherea Lamarck 1808
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†Cytherea adabionensis Oppenheim 1915
†Cytherea aequorea Conrad 1833
†Cytherea ambigua Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea astartiformis Conrad 1848
†Cytherea avia Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea capillacea Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea corbuloides von Koenen 1897
†Cytherea curionii Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea elegantula Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea elliptica Hislop 1859
Cytherea erycinoides Lamarck 1806
†Cytherea eversa Conrad 1848
†Cytherea gruneri Oppenheim 1915
†Cytherea humerosa Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea hunteri Hislop 1859
†Cytherea imitabilis Conrad 1848
†Cytherea jerdoni Hislop 1859
†Cytherea lamberti Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea mississippiensis Conrad 1848
†Cytherea mortoni Conrad 1833
†Cytherea murrayana Tate 1887
†Cytherea nuttali Conrad 1834
†Cytherea obsoleta Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea orbicularis Hislop 1859
†Cytherea paucirugata Tate 1887
Cytherea pectinata Linnaeus 1758
†Cytherea perbrevis Conrad 1848
†Cytherea poulsoni Conrad 1833
†Cytherea rawesi Hislop 1859
†Cytherea rhaetica Henry 1876
†Cytherea scinctilla Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea sobrina Conrad 1848
†Cytherea soror Deshayes 1857
†Cytherea subcrassa Lea 1833
†Cytherea submultistriata Tate 1887
†Cytherea tenuidentata von Koenen 1897
†Cytherea wapsharei Hislop 1859
†Cytherea wilsoni Hislop 1859
†Cytherea wohltmanni von Koenen 1897
†Meretrix trigoniata bastropensis Harris 1919
Invalid names: Cytherea oregonensis Conrad 1848 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Tortonian or 145.00000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 139.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 139.8 Ma
Collections (30 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | C. sp. (77058) | |
| Albian | Hungary | C. rauliniana (74890) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | Cameroon | C. n. sp., C. sp., C. wohltmanni, C. corbuloides, C. tenuidentata (209694) C. sp. (209650 209688) | |
| Early/Lower Santonian | Poland | C. kruschi (179488) | |
| Campanian | New Zealand (South Island) | C. sp. (101382) | |
| Haumurian | New Zealand (Canterbury) | C. sp. (101408 101409) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Austria (Lower Austria) | C. polymorpha (226428) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Chile (Concepcíon) | C. sp. (13309) | |
| Danian | USA (Arkansas) | C. sp. (91872 99176) | |
| Selandian | Nigeria | Costacallista adabionensis, Macrocallista gruneri (7791) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Egypt (Quseir) | C. nilana, C. productula (3298) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | Egypt (Quseir) | C. connexa, C. productula (3299) | |
| Middle Eocene | Egypt (Quseir) | C. productula (3300) | |
| Middle Eocene | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | C. hornii (43758) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (South Carolina) | C. aequora (92432) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Mississippi) | C. astartiformis, C. imitabilis, C. mississippiensis, C. sobrina, C. perbrevis (84137) | |
| Chattian | USA (Washington) | Pitar oregonensis (180405) | |
| Aquitanian | France | Callista erycinoides (70242) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (New Jersey) | C. sp. (92761) | |
| Burdigalian | Italy | Callista erycinoides (178108) | |
| Middle Miocene | Poland | Callista erycinoides (51690) | |
| Badenian | Poland | Callista erycinoides (51687) | |
| Tortonian | Italy | Callista erycinoides (78437) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | C. munsteri (13626) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | C. ventricola (70103) C. ventricola, C. venusta (70098) |