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Anisodonta

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2286475	https://www.gbif.org/species/2286475
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17338	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17338

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Galeommatida : Basterotiidae : Anisodonta

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Sportellidae : Anisodonta

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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
genus	Anisodonta	Deshayes 1857

Scientific Name

Anisodonta Deshayes, 1857

Name Published In

Deshayes G.P. (1856-1865). Description des animaux sans vertèbres découverts dans le bassin de Paris, pour servir de supplément à la description des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris, comprenant une revue générale de toutes les espèces actuellement connues. Paris, Baillière. Vol. 1: 1-80, pls 1-10 (1856); 81-392, pls 11, 11bis, 12-49 (1857); 393-704, pls 16bis, 50-87 (1858); 705-912 (1860). Vol. 2: 1-432, pls 1-26 (1861); 433-640, pls 27-39 (1862); 641-920, pls 40-62 (1863); 921-968 (1864). Vol. 3: 1-200, pls 63-85 (1864); 201-667, pls 86-107 (1865).

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Anisodonta	genus	belongs to Sportellidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Anisodonta	genus	belongs to Sportellidae	implied	Lamprell and Healy, 1998
Anisodonta	genus	belongs to Sportellidae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 1999
Anisodonta	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (25%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Sportellidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Sportellidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Anisodonta alata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anisodonta americana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anisodonta carolina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anisodonta complanatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anisodonta pseudoscintilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anisodonta rugulosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Anisodonta subalata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Anisodonta subovata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Anisodonta ustulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sphenia rugosula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Asinodonta Deshayes, 1858	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Galeommatida : Basterotiidae : *Asinodonta*
Austrosportella Ponder, 1971	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Galeommatida : Basterotiidae : *Austrosportella*
Tahunanuia Powell, 1952	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Galeommatida : Basterotiidae : *Tahunanuia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1858	Anisodonta Deshayes
1980	Anisodonta Vokes p. 115
1987	Anisodonta Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1990	Anisodonta Beu et al. p. 397
1998	Anisodonta Lamprell and Healy p. 166
1999	Anisodonta Wienrich p. 234
2002	Anisodonta Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

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

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

Lamprell K., Healy J. (1998) , Bivalves of Australia 2

Wienrich G. (1999) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 2 Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 2, 188-384

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Descr. An. sans Vert. Bassin Paris, 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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