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Pteriacea

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)61994https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61994
Ranksuperfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pteriacea
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassPteriomorphia
superfamilyPteriaceaGray 1847
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pteriaceasuperfamilybelongs to Prionodesmaceastated with evidenceGlenn, 1904
Pteriaceasuperfamilybelongs to Pteriinastated with evidenceNewell, 1965
Pteriaceasuperfamilybelongs to Pterioidastated with evidenceVokes, 1980
Pteriaceasuperfamilybelongs to Pteriinastated without evidenceDockery, 1982
Pteriaceasuperfamilyreplaced by Pterioideastated with evidenceRide et al., 1999
Pteriaceasuperfamilybelongs to Pteriomorphiastated with evidenceLin et al., 2007
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
First Recorded Appearance393 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Pteriomorphia)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Pteriomorphia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
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
Lunulicardiidae ✝
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
7359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
326 Ma
Carboniferous
Melinidae
family
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1847Pteriacea Gray
1904Pteriacea Glenn p. 383
1965Pteriacea Newell p. 17
1980Pteriacea Vokes p. 34
1982Pteriacea Dockery p. 40
1984Pteriacea Squires p. 43
2007Pteriacea Lin et al.

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401
Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25
Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261
Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76
Lin L., Zhu L., et al (2007) A new genus of Pergamidiidae (Bivalvia) from the Late Triassic of the Changtai-Gacun area, eastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 30, 108-112 doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.08.005
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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