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Psammobiidae

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Description

The Psammobiidae, or sunset clams, are a family of medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Cardiida.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	6846	https://www.gbif.org/species/6846
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	61938	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61938

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Psammobiidae

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	Psammobiidae	Fleming 1828

Scientific Name

Psammobiidae

Name Published In

Hist. brit. Anim.: 437

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Psammobiidae	family	belongs to Tellinacea	stated without evidence	Glenn, 1904
Psammobiidae	family	belongs to Tellinacea	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Psammobiidae	family	belongs to Tellinacea	stated without evidence	Squires, 1984
Psammobiidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated with evidence	Rosenberg, 2005
Psammobiidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Psammobiidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Psammobiidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

33 (35%)

First Recorded Appearance

151 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder

Ecospace Comments

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

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Common Name(s)

Sandmuscheln, Sunsetclams, Zonneschelpen, シオサザナミガイ／リュウキュウマスオガイ

Wikipedia

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Capsinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Garinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Psammobiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		15	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Sanguinolariinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		34	59.2 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Asaphinella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Asaphis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Gari genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		301	151 Ma Late Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Gari genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Garum genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Heterodonax genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Heteroglypta genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hiatula genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Macrosolen ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	47.8 Ma Eocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Nuttallia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Plebidonax genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Psammobia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Psammosphaerica genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Psammosphaerita genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Psammotella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Sanguinolaria genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Sinopsammobia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	145 Ma Late Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Soletellina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Sunset Shell	11	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Garidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Garidae
Sanguinolariidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Sanguinolariidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1828	Psammobiidae Fleming
1852	Azoridae Leach
1904	Psammobiidae Glenn p. 291
1931	Psammobiidae Olsson p. 65
1980	Psammobiidae Vokes p. 147
1984	Psammobiidae Squires p. 50
1987	Psammobiidae Squires p. 68

Year	Name and Author
2000	Psammobiidae Coan et al. p. 259
2005	Psammobiidae Rosenberg
2006	Psammobiidae Rosenberg et al.
2009	Psammobiidae Nevesskaja
2010	Psammobiidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Psammobiidae Carter et al. p. 16

References

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

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

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

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Rosenberg G. (2005) Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca, [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp

Rosenberg G., Ponder W., et al (2006) A Biotic Database of Indo-Pacific Marine Mollusks doi:http://data.acnatsci.org/obis

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

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

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

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)

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 910 Tellina gari Linnaeus, 1758 (Bivalvia): suppressed under the Plenary Powers.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 27, 16-19 (1970) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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

Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. - via World Register of Marine Species

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

WoRMS (2016) Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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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