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Pelecyora

Description

Pelecyora is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4590156https://www.gbif.org/species/4590156
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)18046https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18046
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Pelecyora
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Pelecyora
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
-Veneroidei
-VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCallocardiinae
genusPelecyoraDall 1902
Scientific NamePelecyora Dall, 1902
Name Published InProc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 26, no. 1312
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pelecyoragenusbelongs to Veneridaestated without evidenceMarasti, 1973
Pelecyoragenusbelongs to Pitarinaestated with evidenceVokes, 1980
Pelecyoragenusbelongs to Pitarinaestated without evidenceFreneix et al., 1988
Pelecyoragenusbelongs to Veneridaestated without evidenceWienrich, 1999
Pelecyoragenusbelongs to Veneroidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
Extant Size (PBDB)4 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Veneridae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Veneridae)
Taphonomyaragonite (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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelecyora

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Pelecyora (Cordiopsis)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)2523.0 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Pelecyora (Pelecyora)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Cyprina islandicoides
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora aequilateralis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora bullata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora ceylonica
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora corculum
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora eudeli
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora excisa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora exilium
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora hatchetigbeensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora insularum
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora isocardia
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora jousseaumiana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora jukesbrowniana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora katiawarensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora nana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora sphaericula
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora trigona
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pelecyora tripla
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Sinodia Jukes-Browne, 1908GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Sinodia
Sinodiella Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Sinodiella

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1902Pelecyora Dall
1973Pelecyora Marasti p. 110
1980Pelecyora Vokes p. 172
1988Pelecyora Freneix et al. p. 434
1999Pelecyora Wienrich p. 253
2002Pelecyora Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Marasti R. (1973) La fauna tortoniana del T. Stirone (limite Parmense-Piacentino), Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 12 1, 76-120
Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
Freneix S., Saint Martin J.-P., et al (1988) Bivalves Hétérodontes du Messinien d'Oranie (Algérie occidentale), Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section C: Sciences de la Terre 9 4, 415-453
Wienrich G. (1999) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 2 Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 2, 188-384
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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