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Panopea abrupta

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Description

Panopea abrupta is an extinct species of large marine bivalve mollusc in the family Hiatellidae. Between 1983 and 2010, this species of clam was confused with the Pacific geoduck, Panopea generosa, in the scientific literature.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5189530	https://www.gbif.org/species/5189530
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	168106	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=168106

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Hiatellidae : Panopea : Panopea abrupta

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hiatellida : Hiatellidae : Panopea : Panopea abrupta

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
-	Solenata	Dall 1889
order	Hiatellida	Carter 2011
superfamily	Hiatelloidea
family	Hiatellidae	Gray 1824
genus	Panopea
species	Panopea abrupta	Conrad 1849

Generic Name

Panopea

Scientific Name

Panopea abrupta (Conrad, 1849)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Panopea abrupta	species	belongs to Mya	stated with evidence	Conrad, 1849
Panopea abrupta	species	belongs to Panope	stated without evidence	Powell and Stevens, 2000
Panopea abrupta	species	belongs to Panopea	stated with evidence	Coan et al., 2000

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Motility

stationary (based on Panopea)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Panopea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. V. Coan, P. V. Scott, and F. R. Bernard. 2000. Bivalve seashells of western North America. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2:1-764

Common Name(s)

Elefantenrüsselmuschel, Königsmuschel, Pacific Geoduck, Pazifische Panopea, Elephant Trunk Clam, Geoduck

Wikipedia

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Panopea generosa generosa subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Panopea generosa globosa subspecies	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Panopea tyosiensis Ozaki, 1952	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Hiatellidae : Panopea : *Panopea tyosiensis*
Panopaea tenuis Wiedey, 1928	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Hiatellidae : Panopea : *Panopaea tenuis*
Panopaea sagrinata Gould, 1861	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Hiatellidae : Panopea : *Panopaea sagrinata*
Panopaea fragilis Gould, 1861	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Hiatellidae : Panopea : *Panopaea fragilis*
Panopaea vaskuchevskensis Il'ina, 1963	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Hiatellidae : Panopea : *Panopaea vaskuchevskensis*
Glycymeris estrellana Conrad, 1857	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Hiatellidae : Panopea : *Glycymeris estrellana*
Glycimeris estrellana Conrad, 1857	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Hiatellidae : Panopea : *Glycimeris estrellana*
Panomya intermedia Khomenko, 1938	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Hiatellidae : Panopea : *Panomya intermedia*
Mya abrupta Conrad, 1849	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Hiatellidae : Panopea : *Mya abrupta*
Panope abrupta (Conrad, 1849)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Hiatellidae : Panopea : *Panope abrupta*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1849	Mya abrupta Conrad p. 723
1850	Panopea generosa Gould p. 215
1923	Panope generosa Clark and Arnold p. 156
1944	Panope generosa Durham p. 152
1956	Panope generosa Valentine
2000	Panopea abrupta Coan et al. p. 490
2000	Panope abrupta Powell and Stevens

References

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Clark B. L., Arnold R. (1923) Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 5, 123-234

Durham J. W. (1944) Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27, 101 -212

Valentine J. W. (1956) Upper Pleistocene Mollusca from Potrero Canyon, Pacific Palisades, California, San Diego Society of Natural History 12 10, 181-205

Powell C. L., Stevens D. (2000) Age and paleoenvironmental significance of mega-invertebrates from the "San Pedro" Formation in the Coyote Hills, Fullerton and Buena Park, Orange County, Southern California, United States Geological Survey Open File Report 319, 1-83

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)

Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Vadopalas, Brent, Theodore W. Pietsch, and Carolyn S. Friedman, 2010: The Proper Name for the Geoduck: Resurrection of Panopea Generosa Gould, 1850, from the Synonymy of Panopea abrupta (Conrad, 1849) (Bivalvia: Myoida: Hiatellidae). Malacologia, vol. 52, no. 1. 169-173. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Cole, T. C. H. (2017) Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English: 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp - via Catalogue of Life

Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. - via World Register of Marine Species

Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

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