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Gaimardia flemingi ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)102978https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=102978
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Gaimardiidae : Gaimardia : Gaimardia flemingi
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
-Veneroidei
-VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyGaimardioidea
familyGaimardiidaeHedley 1916
genusGaimardiaGould 1852
speciesGaimardia flemingiZinsmeister 1984
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Gaimardia flemingispeciesbelongs to Gaimardiastated with evidenceZinsmeister, 1984
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Veneroidei)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Veneroidei)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1984Gaimardia flemingi Zinsmeister p. 1517 figs. figs. 8A-8E
1992Gaimardia flemingi Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 68

References

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J. (1992) Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy, Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55
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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