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Pholadidea
| Description | Pholadidea is a taxonomic genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pholadidae (the piddocks). Most members of Pholididea bore into shale, soft rock and coral for shelter, with the exception of Pholididea (Hatasia) wiffenae, which is a wood-borer. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholadidea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Pholadidae : Pholadidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Pholadidae : Pholadidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Pholadidea W.Turton, 1819 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Turton, W. (1819) A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (33%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: WB, SE, UN, SU according to Todd (2001). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Pholadidea |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Pholadidea acherontea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea eborensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea fauroti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea finlayi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea fragilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea increnata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pholadidea lorenzana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea loscombiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea melanura species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea patagonica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Pholadidea quadra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea ragsdalensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea subconica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea suteri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea thomsoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea tridens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea tubifera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea wiffenae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholadidea yini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pholas patagonica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1819 | Pholadidea Turton p. 147 |
| 1980 | Pholadidea Vokes p. 189 |
| 1988 | Pholadidea Freneix et al. p. 442 |
| 1999 | Pholadidea Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 42 |
| 2002 | Pholadidea Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Pholadidea Beu p. 299 |
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!
