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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2286420	https://www.gbif.org/species/2286420
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18175	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18175

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Anatinellidae : Raeta

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Anatinellidae : Raeta

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	Mactroidea
family	Anatinellidae	Deshayes 1853
subfamily	Kymatoxinae	Stenzel and Krause 1957
genus	Raeta	Gray 1853

Scientific Name

Raeta Gray, 1853

Name Published In

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (2) 11

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Raeta	subgenus	belongs to Labiosa	stated without evidence	Glenn, 1904
Raeta	subgenus	belongs to Anatina	stated with evidence	Marks, 1951
Raeta	genus	belongs to Pteropsellinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Raeta	genus	belongs to Mactridae	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Raeta	genus	belongs to Mactridae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Raeta	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Raeta	genus	belongs to Kymatoxinae	stated with evidence	Signorelli and Carter, 2016

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (27%)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

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)

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
Raeta (Raeta) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Raeta (Raetella) subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Raeta (Raetina) subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Labiosa gardnerae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Labiosa hasletti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Raeta gabbi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Raeta gardnerae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	28.4 Ma Oligocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Raeta gibbosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Raeta hasletti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		10	11.6 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Raeta meridionalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Raeta pellicula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Raeta plicatella species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		29	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Raeta pulchella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Raeta undulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	23.0 Ma Miocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Lovellia Mayer, 1867	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Anatinellidae : *Lovellia*
Raetellops Habe, 1952	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Anatinellidae : *Raetellops*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1853	Raeta Gray
1904	Labiosa (Raeta) Glenn p. 290
1929	Labiosa (Raeta) Anderson p. 177
1951	Anatina (Raeta) Marks p. 87
1980	Raeta Vokes p. 138
1982	Raeta Woodring p. 653
1987	Raeta Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992	Raeta Lamprell and Whitehead p. 84
2002	Raeta Sepkoski, Jr.
2016	Raeta Signorelli and Carter p. 209

References

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

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

Anderson F. M. (1929) Marine Miocene and related deposits of North Colombia, Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 18 4, 73-213

Marks J. G. (1951) Miocene stratigraphy and paleontology of Southwestern Ecuador, Bulletins of American Paleontology 33 139, 1-448

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

Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F

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

Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1

Signorelli J. H., Carter J. G. (2016) The Anatinellidae and Kymatoxinae: A reassessment of their affinities within the superfamily Mactroidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia), American Malacological Bulletin 33 2, 204-211

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

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (2) 11 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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

Harry W.H. (1969). Anatomical notes on the mactrid bivalve, Raeta plicatella Lamarck, 1818, with a review of the genus Raeta and related genera. The Veliger. 12: 1-23. - via World Register of Marine Species

Signorelli J.H. & Pastorino G. (2012) Revision of the living Mactridae (Bivalvia: Autobranchia) from Northern Argentina and Uruguyay. American Malacological Bulletin 30(1): 85-101. - via World Register of Marine Species

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)

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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