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Scrobicularia

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Description

Scrobicularia is a genus of bivalve mollusc belonging to the family Semelidae. It is sometimes placed in its own family, Scrobicularidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrobicularia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2286770	https://www.gbif.org/species/2286770
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18232	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18232

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : Scrobicularia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Scrobiculariinae : Scrobicularia

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	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Tellinoidea
family	Semelidae	Stoliczka 1870
family	Scrobiculariinae
genus	Scrobicularia	Schumacher 1815

Scientific Name

Scrobicularia Schumacher, 1815

Name Published In

Overs. K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Förh.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Scrobicularia	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Scrobicularia	genus	belongs to Scrobiculariinae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Semelidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Semelidae)

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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrobicularia

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Scrobicularia ceylonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Scrobicularia cottardii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Scrobicularia ovoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Scrobicularia plana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Listera W.Turton, 1822	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : *Listera*
Arenaria Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : *Arenaria*
Calcinella Deshayes, 1830	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : *Calcinella*
Martinea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1898	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : *Martinea*
Scrobicularis Carpenter, 1859	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : *Scrobicularis*
Lavigno Récluz, 1845	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : *Lavigno*
Srobicularia Grasset, 1884	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : *Srobicularia*
Ligula Montagu, 1808	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : *Ligula*
Lavignon d'Orbigny, 1843	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : *Lavignon*
Lavignonus Férussac, 1822	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : *Lavignonus*
Scrobibularia Servain, 1870	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : *Scrobibularia*
Lutricola Blainville, 1824	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : *Lutricola*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2002	Scrobicularia Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Scrobicularia Bouchet et al.

References

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

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

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Overs. K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Förh. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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