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Donacilla

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7848264https://www.gbif.org/species/7848264
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)116453https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=116453
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mesodesmatidae : Donacilla
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Mesodesmatidae : Donacilla
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
superfamilyMactroidea
familyMesodesmatidaeGray 1840
genusDonacillaPhilippi 1836
Scientific NameDonacilla Philippi, 1836
Name Published InEnum. moll. Siciliae, 1: 37
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Donacillagenusbelongs to Mesodesmatidaestated with evidenceSchneider et al., 2005
Donacillagenusbelongs to Donacillidaestated without evidenceBouchet et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Mactroidea)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Mactroidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. Schneider, W. Witt, and E. Yigitbas. 2005. Ostracods and bivalves from an Upper Pleistocene (Tyrrhenian) marine terrace near Altinova (Izmit Province, Turkey). Zitteliana 45:87-114

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Donacilla compressa
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Donacilla cornea
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Donacilla orientalis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Donacilla picta
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Donacilla seychellarum
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1819Donacilla Lamarck
2005Donacilla Schneider et al. p. 100
2010Donacilla Bouchet et al.

References

Schneider S., Witt W., et al (2005) Ostracods and bivalves from an Upper Pleistocene (Tyrrhenian) marine terrace near Altinova (Izmit Province, Turkey), Zitteliana 45, 87-114
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1141 Donacilla Blainville, 1819 (Bivalvia) suppressed; Donacilla Philippi, 9.36,mesodesma Deshayes, 1832, and Semele Schumacher, 1817 (Bivalvia) added to the Official List.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 36, 122-124 (1979) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Philippi R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. Schropp, Berlin [Berolini]: xiv + 267 p., pl. 1-12 - 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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