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Taras (Taras)

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	100560	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=100560

Rank

subgenus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Ungulinidae : Diplodonta : Taras (Taras)

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	Ungulinoidea	Adams and Adams 1857
family	Ungulinidae	Adams and Adams 1857
genus	Diplodonta	Bronn 1831
subgenus	Taras (Taras)	Risso 1826

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Taras (Taras)	subgenus	belongs to Taras	stated with evidence	Risso, 1826

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Diplodonta)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Diplodonta)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S. K. Skwarko. 1994. Mollusca in Indonesian Cenozoic biostratigraphy (a computerised compilation)

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1826	Taras (Taras) Risso
2003	Taras (Taras) Mandic and Steininger p. 278

References

Skwarko S. K. (1994) , Mollusca in Indonesian Cenozoic biostratigraphy (a computerised compilation)

Mandic O., Steininger F. F. (2003) Computer-based mollusc stratigraphy - a case study from the Eggenburgian (Lower Miocene) type region (NE Austria), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 197, 263-291

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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