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Pteromeris

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Description

Pteromeris is a genus of molluscs in the family Carditidae.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2286621	https://www.gbif.org/species/2286621
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18162	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18162

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Pteromeris

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Pteromeris

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
-	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida
superfamily	Crassatelloidea
family	Carditidae	Fleming 1820
subfamily	Venericardiinae	Chavan 1969
genus	Pteromeris	Conrad 1862

Scientific Name

Pteromeris Conrad, 1862

Name Published In

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1862

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pteromeris	subgenus	belongs to Venericardia	stated without evidence	Dall, 1903
Pteromeris	subgenus	belongs to Glans	stated without evidence	Gardner, 1943
Pteromeris	subgenus	belongs to Cardita	stated without evidence	DuBar, 1958
Pteromeris	genus	belongs to Carditidae	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Pteromeris	genus	belongs to Venericardiinae	stated with evidence	Beu et al., 1990
Pteromeris	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Carditidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Carditidae)

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

Wikipedia

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pteromeris guanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteromeris meridionalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteromeris minima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteromeris perplana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		35	23.0 Ma Miocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Pteromeris sacyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteromeris unidentata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1903	Venericardia (Pteromeris) Dall p. 1434
1943	Glans (Pteromeris) Gardner pp. 72-73
1958	Cardita (Pteromeris) DuBar p. 163
1987	Pteromeris Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1990	Pteromeris Beu et al. p. 398
2002	Pteromeris Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Dall W. H. (1903) Contributions to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida (Part 6), Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3 6, 1219-1654

DuBar J. R (1958) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Late Neogene strata of the Caloosahatchee River area of southern Florida, Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1-267

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

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

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

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1862 - 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

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, 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

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

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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