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Amiantis

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2287672	https://www.gbif.org/species/2287672
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17326	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17326

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Amiantis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Amiantis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Callocardiinae
genus	Amiantis	Carpenter 1864

Scientific Name

Amiantis Carpenter, 1864

Name Published In

Rep. Brit. Ass., (Newcastle), 33, 1863

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Amiantis	subgenus	belongs to Cytherea	stated without evidence	Vredenburg, 1928
Amiantis	subgenus	belongs to Meretrix	stated without evidence	Abrard, 1947
Amiantis	genus	belongs to Pitarinae	stated without evidence	da Silva Forti, 1969
Amiantis	genus	belongs to Pitarinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Amiantis	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Amiantis	genus	belongs to Callocardiinae	stated with evidence	Coan and Valentich-Scott, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Veneridae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Veneridae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Veneridae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Amiantis (Amiantis) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Amiantis callosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Amiantis communis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amiantis dalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amiantis mathewsoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		23	38.0 Ma Eocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Amiantis purpurata species	listed (PBDB)		7	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Chione mathewsonii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cytherea (Amiantis) incrassata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	37.2 Ma Eocene	23.0 Ma Miocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Amyantis Carus, 1868-75	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Amyantis*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1863	Amiantis Carpenter p. 339
1928	Cytherea (Amiantis) Vredenburg p. 451
1947	Meretrix (Amiantis) Abrard
1969	Amiantis da Silva Forti p. 84
1980	Amiantis Vokes p. 170
2002	Amiantis Sepkoski, Jr.
2012	Amiantis Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 792

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Vredenburg E. (1928) Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Gastropoda (in part) and Lamellibranchiata, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50 2, 351-506

da Silva Forti I. R. (1969) Cenozoic Mollusks from the drillholes Cassino and Palmares do Sul of the Coastal Plain of Rio Grande do Sul, Iheringia Geologia 2, 55-155

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Coan E. V., Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru, Santa Barbara museum of Natural history monographs 6, 1-1258

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Coan, Eugene V., Paul Valentich Scott, and Frank R. Bernard, 2000: Bivalve Seashells of Western North America: Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs, Number 2; Studies in Biodiversity, Number 2. viii + 764. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Rep. Brit. Ass., (Newcastle), 33, 1863 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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