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Ostreiformii

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)244067https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=244067
Ranksuperorder (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreiformii
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
-OstreioniFerussac 1822
-OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ostreiformiisuperorderbelongs to Ostreatastated with evidenceCarter et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)5,145
Extant Size (PBDB)632 (12%)
First Recorded Appearance479 - 472 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)J. G. Carter, C. R. Altaba L. C. Anderson, R. Araujo, A. S. Biakov, A. E. Bogan, D. C. Campbell, M. Campbell, J. H. Chen, J. C. W. Cope, G. Delvene, H. H. Dijkstra, Z. J. Fang, R. N. Gardner, V. A. Gavrilova, I. A. Goncharova, P. J. Harries, J. H. Hartman, M. Hautmann, et al. 2011. A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4:1-47

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ostreida
order
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Oyster24,106479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
0 Ma
Extant
Pectinida
order
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Scallop33,756443 Ma
Silurian
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1822Ostreiformii Ferussac
1982Eupteriomorphia Boss
2008Eupteriomorphia Hikuroa and Grant-Mackie
2011Ostreiformii Carter et al. p. 8
2011Eupteriomorphia Waller p. 17

References

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
Hikuroa D., Grant-Mackie J. (2008) New species of Late Jurassic Australobuchia (Bivalvia) from the Murihiku Terrane, Port Waikato-Kawhia region, New Zealand, Alcheringa 32, 73-98
Waller T. R. (2011) Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley, Bulletins of American Paleontology 381, 1-198
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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