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Gryphaeinae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)60543https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=60543
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Gryphaeinae
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
orderOstreida
suborderOstreidina
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyGryphaeinaeVialov 1936
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Gryphaeinaesubfamilybelongs to Gryphaeidaestated with evidenceVokes, 1980
Gryphaeinaesubfamilybelongs to Gryphaeidaestated without evidenceBouchet et al., 2010
Gryphaeinaesubfamilybelongs to Gryphaeidaestated with evidenceCarter et al., 2011
Taxon Size (PBDB)62
First Recorded Appearance242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Environmentmarine,brackish (based on Ostreida)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Gryphaeidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Gryphaeidae)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Gryphaeidae)
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

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Africogryphaea ✝
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
18174 Ma
Middle Jurassic
164 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Deltoideum ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
90164 Ma
Middle Jurassic
140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Gryphaea ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1,053237 Ma
Middle Triassic
37.2 Ma
Eocene
Liostrea ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
602242 Ma
Middle Triassic
41.3 Ma
Eocene
Pernostrea ✝
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1165 Ma
Middle Jurassic
165 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Praeexogyra ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
103172 Ma
Middle Jurassic
38.0 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1936Gryphaeinae Vialov
1980Gryphaeinae Vokes p. 62
2010Gryphaeinae Bouchet et al.
2011Gryphaeinae Carter et al. p. 8

References

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