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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2287595	https://www.gbif.org/species/2287595
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17500	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17500

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Cooperella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Cooperella

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
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Cooperella	Carpenter 1864

Scientific Name

Cooperella Carpenter, 1864

Name Published In

Rep. Brit. Ass., 1863, 611

Opinions (PBDB)

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

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Veneridae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Veneridae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Veneridae)

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)
Cooperella atlantica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cooperella carpenteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cooperella riosi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cooperella subdiaphana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cooperella thaumasta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Oedalina Carpenter, 1865	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Oedalina*
Oedalia Carpenter, 1864	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Oedalia*
Cosperella Neumayr, 1891	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Cosperella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1864	Cooperella Carpenter
2002	Cooperella Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Cooperella 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

Coan, Eugene V., Paul Valentich Scott, and Frank R. Bernard, 2000: Bivalve Seashells of Western North America: Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs, Number 2; Studies in Biodiversity, Number 2. viii + 764. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - 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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