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Calva

Description

Calva is a traditional sport played in certain parts of Spain. It has roots going back to pre-Roman times, being developed by the Celtiberians who lived in the modern-day provinces of Ávila, Salamanca, and Zamora. It was a game for shepherds, who threw stones at bull's horns to entertain themselves. With the passing of time, the game was modified: a piece of wood (the calva) came to be substituted for the horn, and the stone was replaced with a cylinder of iron or steel (the marro). The name of calva was derived from the field in which the game came to be played, which was free of obstacles and rocks.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4590523https://www.gbif.org/species/4590523
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)17432https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17432
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Calva
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Calva
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
genusCalvaPopenoe 1937
Scientific NameCalva Popenoe, 1937
Name Published InJ. Paleont., 11
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Calvagenusbelongs to Veneridaestated with evidencePopenoe, 1937
Calvagenusbelongs to Pitarinaestated with evidenceVokes, 1980
Calvagenusbelongs to Veneroidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance105 - 100 Ma
Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Veneridae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Veneridae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Veneridae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. P. Popenoe. 1937. Upper Cretaceous Mollusca from Southern California. Journal of Paleontology 11(5):379-402
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calva

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Calva (Egelicalva)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)8101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Calva bowersiana
species
listed (PBDB)783.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Calva byblidis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Calva elderi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Calva marina
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Calva peninsularis
species
listed (PBDB)472.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Calva regina
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Calva spissa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Calva varians
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Corbis peninsularis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Cucullaea bowersiana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1937Calva Popenoe p. 394
1980Calva Vokes p. 170
2002Calva Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Popenoe W. P. (1937) Upper Cretaceous Mollusca from Southern California, Journal of Paleontology 11 5, 379-402
Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
GBIF/Paleo Database - 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
J. Paleont., 11 - 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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