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Donax

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Donax is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to:

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2287060	https://www.gbif.org/species/2287060
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17592	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17592

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : Donax

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	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Tellinoidea
family	Donacidae	Fleming 1828
genus	Donax	Linnæus 1758

Scientific Name

Donax Linnaeus, 1758

Name Published In

Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Donax	genus	belongs to Donacidae	stated without evidence	Olsson, 1931
Donax	genus	belongs to Donacidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Donax	genus	belongs to Donacidae	stated without evidence	Farinati, 1985
Donax	genus	belongs to Donacidae	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Donax	genus	belongs to Donacidae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Donax	genus	belongs to Donacidae	stated with evidence	Ward, 1992
Donax	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Donax	genus	belongs to Donacidae	stated with evidence	Schneider et al., 2005
Donax	genus	belongs to Donacidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

21 (55%)

First Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Common Name(s)

Stumpfmuschel, Wedge Shell, Zaaje

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Donax (Donax) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		2	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax (Hecuba) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax (Latona) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		5	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax (Paradonax) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		19	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax (Plebidonax) subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Donax (Tembrockia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Deltachion electilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax acutangula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax acutangulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax acutus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Donax aeneus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax aldrichi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax aperittus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax asper species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax asper species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax assimilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax atlantis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax baliregteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax bertini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax bezanconi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Donax bipartitus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax brazieri species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Donax bruneirufi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax burnupi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax cacuminatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax caelatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax californicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax carinatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax chipolana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax chuckatuckensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax clathratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax columbella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax culter species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax cumingii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax cuneata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax cuneatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax cuneola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax denisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax denticulatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax dentifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax dentiferus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax dixoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax domaini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax dorothae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax dorotheae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax dysoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax ecuadorianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax emmonsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax epularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax erythraeensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax faba species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax fabagelloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax fabula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax ferreirai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax flexuosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax fossor species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		24	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax foucardi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Donax francisensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax gemmula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax gonioides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Donax gouldii species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax grasi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax hanleyanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax higuerotensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax hilairea species	listed (PBDB)		4	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax idoneus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	28.4 Ma Oligocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Donax impar species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax incarnatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax incerata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax incerta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Donax intraradiata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax introradiatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax kindermanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax kiusiuensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax latus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax lennoxi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax levesquei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax listeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax longissimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax lubricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax lucreciensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax madagascariensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax meta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax nitida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax nitidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax nuxfagus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax obesulus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax obesus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax oblonga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax owenii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax parengarengaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax parinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax paxillus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax phariformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax politus species	listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax protexta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax pseudacutangulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax pulchellus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax punctatostriatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax purpurascens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax pusillus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax rothi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax rugosus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Donax saigonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax saxulum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax scalpellum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax scortum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax scrippsensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax sebae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax securiformis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Donax semiestriatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax semigranosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax semistriatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax semisulcatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax serra species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax siliqua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax simplex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax sordidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax souverbianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax spiculum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax spinosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax striatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax szemiani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax texasianus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax ticaonicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax tinctus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax townsendi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax transversus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax trifasciatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax trigonulus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Donax trueloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax trunculus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Donax valhosierr species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax variabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax variegatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax vellicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax veneriformis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Donax venustus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax verdensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax veruinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax victoris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Donax vittatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Dentilatona Huber, 2010	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Dentilatona*
Deltachion Iredale, 1930	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Deltachion*
Pulcherridonax Huber, 2010	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Pulcherridonax*
Carinadonax Huber, 2010	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Carinadonax*
Paraserrula Huber, 2010	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Paraserrula*
Amphichaena Philippi, 1847	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Amphichaena*
Amphidona Mörch, 1858	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Amphidona*
Assimilidonax Huber, 2010	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Assimilidonax*
Tridonax Huber, 2010	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Tridonax*
Heteroruga Coen, 1925	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Heteroruga*
Paradonax Cossmann, 1910	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Paradonax*
Chion Scopoli, 1777	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Chion*
Grammatodonax Dall, 1900	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Grammatodonax*
Tentidonox	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Tentidonox*
Tentidonax Iredale, 1930	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Tentidonax*
Machaerodonax Römer, 1870	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Machaerodonax*
Capsella Gray, 1851	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Capsella*
Serrula Mörch, 1853	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : *Serrula*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1758	Donax Linnaeus p. 682
1931	Donax Olsson p. 66
1939	Donax Mukerjee p. 12
1969	Donax da Silva Forti p. 92
1972	Donax Kensley p. 182
1980	Donax Vokes p. 146
1982	Donax Woodring p. 671

Year	Name and Author
1985	Donax Farinati p. 216
1987	Donax Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992	Donax Lamprell and Whitehead p. 106
1992	Donax Ward p. 96
2002	Donax Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Donax Schneider et al. p. 102
2010	Donax Bouchet et al.

References

Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1, 1-824 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542

Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63

Mukerjee P. N. (1939) Fossil fauna from the Tertiary of Garo Hills, Assam, Palaeontologia Indica 28 1, 1-101

da Silva Forti I. R. (1969) Cenozoic Mollusks from the drillholes Cassino and Palmares do Sul of the Coastal Plain of Rio Grande do Sul, Iheringia Geologia 2, 55-155

Kensley B. (1972) Pliocene marine invertebrates from Langebaanweg, Cape Province, Annals of the South African Museum 60 4, 173-190

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

Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F

Farinati E. A. (1985) Paleontologia de los sedimentos marinos holocenos de los alrededores de Bahia Blanca, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Ameghiniana 21 2-4, 211-222

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1

Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

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

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

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

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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)

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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