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Protobranchia
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Protobranchia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1,541 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 342 (22%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Giribet and W. Wheeler. 2002. On bivalve phylogeny: a high-level analysis of the Bivalvia (Mollusca) based on combined morphology and DNA sequence data. Invertebrate Biology 121(4):271-324 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Nuculaniformii superorder | listed (PBDB) | 8,410 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Nuculiformii superorder | listed (PBDB) | 5,567 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Solemyoida order | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Sareptoidea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Antactinodiontidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1889 | Protobranchia Pelseneer |
| 1903 | Protobranchia Ridewood |
| 1906 | Protobranchia Pelseneer |
| 1911 | Protobranchia Pelseneer |
| 1987 | Protobranchia Purchon |
| 1996 | Protobranchia Salvini-Plawen and Steiner |
| 1998 | Protobranchia Reid |
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| 2006 | Protobranchia Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 228 |
| 2008 | Protobranchia Mikkelsen and Bieler p. 19 |
| 2009 | Protobranchia Nevesskaja |
| 2010 | Protobranchia Bouchet et al. |
| 2011 | Protobranchia Carter et al. p. 5 |
| 2012 | Protobranchia Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 32 |
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!
