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Cyrtodontida

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)161403https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=161403
Rankorder (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cyrtodontida
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassPteriomorphia
-OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
-ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cyrtodontidaordersubjective synonym of MytiloidaimpliedNevesskaja, 2009
Cyrtodontidaorderbelongs to Pteriomorphiastated without evidenceBouchet et al., 2010
Cyrtodontidaorderbelongs to Arcionistated with evidenceCarter et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)288
Extant Size (PBDB)6 (2.1%)
First Recorded Appearance479 - 474 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Pteriomorphia)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Pteriomorphia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. A. Nevesskaja. 2009. Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves. Paleontological Journal 43(1):1-11

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Praecardiidina
suborder
listed (PBDB)693458 Ma
Middle Ordovician
359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Cyrtodontidina
unranked clade
listed (PBDB)517479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1971Cyrtodontida Scarlato and Starobogatov
2010Cyrtodontida Bouchet et al.
2011Cyrtodontida Carter et al. p. 7

References

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
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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