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Pteriacea
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pteriacea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 393 - 383 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Pteriomorphia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Pteriomorphia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (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
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Lunulicardiidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Melinidae family | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1847 | Pteriacea Gray |
1904 | Pteriacea Glenn p. 383 |
1965 | Pteriacea Newell p. 17 |
1980 | Pteriacea Vokes p. 34 |
1982 | Pteriacea Dockery p. 40 |
1984 | Pteriacea Squires p. 43 |
2007 | Pteriacea Lin et al. |
References
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!