Learning Center What is a mineral?The most common minerals on earth Information for Educators Mindat Articles The Elements The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Geologic Time

Minerals by Properties Minerals by Chemistry Advanced Locality Search Random Mineral Random Locality Search by minID Localities Near Me Search Articles Search Glossary More Search Options

The Mindat Manual Add a New Photo Rate Photos Locality Edit Report Coordinate Completion Report Add Glossary Item

Mining Companies Statistics Users Mineral Museums Clubs & Organizations Mineral Shows & Events The Mindat Directory Device Settings The Mineral Quiz

Photo Search Photo Galleries Search by Color New Photos Today New Photos Yesterday Members' Photo Galleries Past Photo of the Day Gallery Photography

BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems

Sportellidae

Photos

Photo Gallery

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	62322	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62322

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Sportellidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Leptonidina	Dall 1889
superfamily	Cyamioidea
family	Sportellidae	Dall 1899

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Sportellidae	family	belongs to Leptonacea	stated with evidence	Glenn, 1904
Sportellidae	family	belongs to Cyamiacea	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Sportellidae	family	belongs to Chlamydoconchacea	stated without evidence	Dockery, 1982
Sportellidae	family	belongs to Cyamiacea	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Sportellidae	family	belongs to Galeommatacea	stated without evidence	Beu et al., 1990
Sportellidae	family	belongs to Cyamioidea	stated with evidence	Rosenberg, 2005
Sportellidae	family	belongs to Cyamioidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Sportellidae	family	belongs to Cyamioidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Sportellidae	family	belongs to Cyamioidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

14 (32%)

First Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Sportellidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Sportellidae)

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN/BA, SU according to Todd (2001).

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Anisodonta genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	16	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Basterotia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	36	254 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant
Ensitellops genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Fabella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Hindsiella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	20.4 Ma Miocene
Isoconcha genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sportella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	60	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1899	Sportellidae Dall
1904	Sportellidae Glenn p. 323
1980	Sportellidae Vokes p. 115
1982	Sportellidae Dockery p. 64
1987	Sportellidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1990	Sportellidae Beu et al. p. 397
2005	Sportellidae Rosenberg
2009	Sportellidae Nevesskaja
2010	Sportellidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Sportellidae Carter et al. p. 17

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

Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Rosenberg G. (2005) Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca, [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp

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!

Quick NavTop Fossil Distribution Subtaxa Synonymy List References

Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: May 14, 2024 00:31:02

Go to top of page