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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2287658	https://www.gbif.org/species/2287658
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17708	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17708

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Gouldia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Gouldia

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
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Gouldiinae
genus	Gouldia	C.B.Adams 1847

Scientific Name

Gouldia C.B.Adams, 1847

Name Published In

Adams, C. B. (1847). Catalogue of the genera and species of recent shells in the collection of C.B. Adams. Justus Cobb, Middlebury, Vermont. 1-32.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Gouldia	subgenus	belongs to Circe	stated without evidence	Dall and Simpson, 1901
Gouldia	subgenus	belongs to Crassinella	stated with evidence	Anderson, 1928
Gouldia	subgenus	belongs to Gafrarium	stated without evidence	Dey, 1961
Gouldia	genus	belongs to Meretricinae	stated without evidence	da Silva Forti, 1969
Gouldia	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Marasti, 1973
Gouldia	genus	belongs to Circinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Gouldia	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Farinati, 1985
Gouldia	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Gouldia	genus	belongs to Gafrariinae	stated with evidence	Pacaud and Le Renard, 1995
Gouldia	genus	belongs to Veneridae	implied	Lamprell and Healy, 1998
Gouldia	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 1999
Gouldia	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Gouldia	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated with evidence	Schneider et al., 2005
Gouldia	genus	belongs to Gouldiidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Gouldia	genus	belongs to Gouldiinae	stated with evidence	Coan and Valentich-Scott, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

7 (39%)

First Recorded Appearance

145 - 133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

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 Veneridae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Gouldia (Circenita) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Gouldia (Gouldia) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		80	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Gouldia (Gouldiopa) subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Gouldia (Paragouldia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Circe goodallioides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Crassinella minuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cytherea circularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cytherea vetula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gafrarium altum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gouldia alta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	20.4 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Gouldia californica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Gouldia camachoi species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Gouldia cerina species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Gouldia circularis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Gouldia costaricensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		20	13.8 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Gouldia insularis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Gouldia minima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gouldia minuta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Gouldia platycostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gouldia subpusilla ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Venus subpusilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Thetis C.B.Adams, 1845	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Thetis*
Paragouldia W.Miller, 1985	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Paragouldia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1845	Thetis Adams
1847	Gouldia Adams p. 29
1901	Circe (Gouldia) Dall and Simpson p. 487
1928	Crassinella (Gouldia) Anderson p. 20
1961	Gafrarium (Gouldia) Dey
1969	Gouldia da Silva Forti p. 82
1973	Gouldia Marasti p. 109
1980	Gouldia Vokes p. 168
1982	Gouldia Woodring p. 682
1985	Gouldia Farinati p. 216

Year	Name and Author
1985	Gouldia Miller III p. 123
1987	Gouldia Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1995	Gouldia Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183
1998	Gouldia Lamprell and Healy p. 250
1999	Gouldia Wienrich p. 253
2001	Gouldia Todd
2002	Gouldia Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Gouldia Schneider et al. p. 102
2010	Gouldia Bouchet et al.
2012	Gouldia Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 786

References

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

Anderson F. M. (1928) Notes on Lower Tertiary deposits of Colombia and their molluscan and foraminiferal fauna, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 17 1, 1-29

Dey A. K. (1961) The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India), Palaeontologica Indica 36

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

Marasti R. (1973) La fauna tortoniana del T. Stirone (limite Parmense-Piacentino), Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 12 1, 76-120

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

Miller III W. (1985) A new species of Gouldia (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Pleistocene of eastern Northern Carolina, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 18, 123-126

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

Pacaud J.-M., Le Renard J. (1995) Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée, Cossmanniana 3 4, 155-187

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

Wienrich G. (1999) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 2 Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 2, 188-384

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

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

Coan E. V., Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru, Santa Barbara museum of Natural history monographs 6, 1-1258

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)

De Bruyne, R.H. (2004) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss, 1989: null. A classification of the living Mollusca. xii+195. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Tebble, N. (1976) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

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

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

Adams, C. B. (1847). Catalogue of the genera and species of recent shells in the collection of C.B. Adams. Justus Cobb, Middlebury, Vermont. 1-32. - 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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