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Cryptomya

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2288953	https://www.gbif.org/species/2288953
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18444	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18444

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Myidae : Cryptomya

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Myidae : Cryptomya

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	Pholadiformii	Gray 1854
order	Pholadida	Gray 1854
superfamily	Myoidea
family	Myidae	Lamarck 1809
genus	Cryptomya	Conrad 1848

Scientific Name

Cryptomya Conrad, 1848

Name Published In

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 4 (6)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cryptomya	subgenus	belongs to Mya	stated without evidence	Clark, 1915
Cryptomya	genus	belongs to Myaciidae	stated without evidence	Clark and Arnold, 1923
Cryptomya	genus	belongs to Myidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Cryptomya	genus	belongs to Myidae	implied	Lamprell and Healy, 1998
Cryptomya	genus	belongs to Myoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cryptomya	genus	belongs to Cryptomyinae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (40%)

First Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Myidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Myidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cryptomya africana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomya blackburnae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomya busoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomya californica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		63	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cryptomya elliptica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cryptomya ovalis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cryptomya philippinarum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomya princeps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomya quadrata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Cryptomya semistriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomya sinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptomya thryptica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Venatomya Iredale, 1930	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Myidae : *Venatomya*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1848	Cryptomya Conrad
1915	Mya (Cryptomya) Clark p. 479
1923	Cryptomya Clark and Arnold p. 155
1980	Cryptomya Vokes p. 180
1998	Cryptomya Lamprell and Healy p. 190
2002	Cryptomya Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Cryptomya Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Clark B. L. (1915) Fauna of the San Pablo group of middle California, University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8 22, 385-572

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

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Lamprell K., Healy J. (1998) , Bivalves of Australia 2

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

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 Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - 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

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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)

SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 4 (6) - 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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