| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : Donax : Donax obesulus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Donacidae : Donax : Donax obesulus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Donax |
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| Scientific Name | Donax obesulus Reeve, 1854 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Donax obesulus | species | belongs to Donax | stated without evidence | Reeve, 1854 | | Donax obesulus | species | belongs to Donax | stated with evidence | DeVries and Wells, 1990 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene |
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| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Donax) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Donax) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. J. DeVries and L. E. Wells. 1990. Thermally-anomalous Holocene molluscan assemblages from coastal Peru: evidence for paleogeographic, not climatic change. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 81:11-32 |
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| DeVries T. J., Wells L. E. (1990) Thermally-anomalous Holocene molluscan assemblages from coastal Peru: evidence for paleogeographic, not climatic change, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 81, 11-32 |
| Carstensen, D.; Laudien, J.; Leese, F.; Arntz, W.; Held, C. (2009) Genetic variability, shell and sperm morphology suggest that the surf clams Donax marincovichi and D. obesulus are one species: Journal of Molluscan Studies. 75(4), 381-390 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Carstensen D., Laudien J., Leese F., Arntz W. & Held C. (2009). Genetic variability, shell and sperm morphology suggest that the surf clams Donax marincovichi and D. obesulus are one species. Journal of Molluscan Studies 75(4): 381-390. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| 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 |
Donax obesulus
