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Clementia

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Description

In Roman mythology, Clementia was the goddess of clemency, leniency, mercy, forgiveness, penance, redemption, absolution and salvation.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4372694	https://www.gbif.org/species/4372694
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17484	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17484

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Clementia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Clementia

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	Meretricinae	Gray 1847
tribe	Meretricini	Gray 1847
subfamily	Clementiina
genus	Clementia	Gray 1842

Scientific Name

Clementia Gray, 1842

Name Published In

Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 44

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Clementia	genus	belongs to Dosiniinae	stated with evidence	Glenn, 1904
Clementia	subgenus	belongs to Venus	stated without evidence	Vredenburg, 1928
Clementia	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Mukerjee, 1939
Clementia	genus	belongs to Dosiniinae	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1947
Clementia	genus	belongs to Clementiinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Clementia	genus	belongs to Veneridae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Clementia	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated with evidence	Perrilliat, 1994
Clementia	genus	belongs to Clementiinae	stated with evidence	Pacaud and Le Renard, 1995
Clementia	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Clementia	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (20%)

First Recorded Appearance

101 - 66 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 Veneridae)

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/Clementia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Clementia (Clementia) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		202	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Clementia (Egesta) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		65	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Clementia asiatica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clementia deshayesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clementia elongata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Clementia fischeri species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Clementia granulifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clementia inequalis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Clementia nonscripta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clementia papyracea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clementia parinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clementia restinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clementia taeniosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clementia vatheleti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Meretrix dariena species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Venus protopapyracea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Blainvillia Hupé, 1854	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Blainvillia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Clementia Gray p. 184
1904	Clementia Glenn p. 315
1928	Venus (Clementia) Vredenburg p. 455
1939	Clementia Mukerjee p. 23
1947	Clementia Gardner pp. 152, 154
1980	Clementia Vokes p. 174
1982	Clementia Woodring p. 697

Year	Name and Author
1992	Clementia Lamprell and Whitehead p. 150
1992	Clementia Perrilliat p. 16
1992	Clementia Ward p. 102
1994	Clementia Perrilliat p. 239
1995	Clementia Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183
2001	Clementia Todd
2002	Clementia Sepkoski, Jr.

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

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

Mukerjee P. N. (1939) Fossil fauna from the Tertiary of Garo Hills, Assam, Palaeontologia Indica 28 1, 1-101

Gardner J. R. (1947) The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 142A-H, 1-709

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

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

Perrilliat M. C. (1992) Bivalvos y gasterópodos de la formacion Ferrotepec (Mioceno Medio) de Michoacan, Paleontologia Mexicana 60, 1-48

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

Perrilliat M. C. (1994) Bivalvos de la Formación Tuxpan (Mioceno Medio), Estado de Veracruz, México, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 11 2, 232-242

Pacaud J.-M., Le Renard J. (1995) Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée, Cossmanniana 3 4, 155-187

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per synonymized taxon - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - 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 Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 42 - 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 Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Aphia2006 - 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

Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 44 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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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