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Pitar (Lamelliconcha) joaquinensis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)369749https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=369749
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Pitar : Pitar (Lamelliconcha) joaquinensis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
-Veneroidei
-VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCallocardiinae
genusPitarRömer 1857
subgenusPitar (Lamelliconcha)Dall 1902
speciesPitar (Lamelliconcha) joaquinensis
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) joaquinensisspeciesbelongs to Pitar (Lamelliconcha)stated with evidenceVokes, 1939
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) joaquinensisspeciesbelongs to Pitar (Lamelliconcha)stated without evidenceSquires, 1984
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance47.8 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Pitar)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Pitar)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Veneridae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1939Pitar (Lamelliconcha) joaquinensis Vokes p. 85 figs. plate 13, fig. 9-12
1984Pitar (Lamelliconcha) joaquinensis Squires p. 51 figs. Figure 12k
1987Pitar (Lamelliconcha) joaquinensis Squires p. 69
1988Pitar (Lamelliconcha) joaquinensis Squires p. 19 fig. 52

References

Vokes H. E. (1939) Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38, 1-246
Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76
Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93
Squires R. L. (1988) Eocene Macropaleontology of Northern Lockwood Valley, Ventura County, California, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 398, 1-23
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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