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Donacidae

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Description

The Donacidae, the "bean clams" or "wedge shells", are a family of bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Tellinoidea. The family is related to the Tellina.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donacidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	6853	https://www.gbif.org/species/6853
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	60156	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=60156

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae

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
-	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Tellinoidea
family	Donacidae	Fleming 1828

Scientific Name

Donacidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Donacidae	family	belongs to Tellinacea	stated without evidence	Olsson, 1931
Donacidae	family	belongs to Tellinacea	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Donacidae	family	belongs to Mactroidea	stated with evidence	Ward, 1992
Donacidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated without evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Donacidae	family	belongs to Donacoidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Donacidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Donacidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

25 (51%)

First Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Common Name(s)

Wedge Shells, Dreieckmuschel, Dreiecksmuscheln, Stumpfmuscheln, Sägezähnchen, Donax Clams, Wedge Clams, Zaagjes, フジノハナガイ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donacidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Deltachion genus	listed (PBDB)		3	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		277	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Egerella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	47.8 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Galatea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hecuba genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hemidonax genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Iphigenia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Notodonax ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Plebidonax genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Profischeria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protodonax ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tentidonax genus	listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1828	Donacidae Fleming
1931	Donacidae Olsson p. 66
1980	Donacidae Vokes p. 146
1987	Donacidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1989	Donacidae Saul p. 191
1992	Donacidae Ward p. 96
2000	Donacidae Coan et al. p. 259
2009	Donacidae Nevesskaja
2010	Donacidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Donacidae Carter et al. p. 16

References

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

Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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

Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. - via World Register of Marine Species

WoRMS (2016) Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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)

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