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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	390400	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=390400

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Vesicomyidae : Archivesica : Archivesica tschudi

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	Glossoidea
family	Vesicomyidae	Dall 1908
genus	Archivesica	Dall 1908
species	Archivesica tschudi	Olsson 1931

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Archivesica tschudi	species	belongs to Vesicomya	stated without evidence	Olsson, 1931
Archivesica tschudi	species	belongs to Archivesica	stated without evidence	Amano and Kiel, 2007

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Glossoidea)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Glossoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1931	Vesicomya tschudi Olsson p. 54 figs. Plate 4, Figs. 6, 8
2007	Archivesica tschudi Amano and Kiel p. 282

References

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

Amano K., Kiel S. (2007) Fossil Vesicomyid Bivalves from the North Pacific Region\r\n, The Veliger 49 4, 270-293

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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