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Hoeferia

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3247358	https://www.gbif.org/species/3247358
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16252	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16252

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Hoeferia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cyrtodontida : Pichleriidae : Hoeferia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

doubtful

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	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Cyrtodontida	Scarlato and Starobogatov 1971
-	Cyrtodontidina	Scarlato and Starobogatov 1971
superfamily	Pichlerioidea	Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979
family	Pichleriidae	Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genus	Hoeferia	Bittner 1894

Scientific Name

Hoeferia Bittner, 1894

Name Published In

Verh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien., 1894

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hoferia	genus	belongs to Limopsidae	stated without evidence	Vokes, 1980
Hoferia	genus	belongs to Arcoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Hoferia	genus	belongs to Pichleriidae	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (29%)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Pteriomorphia)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pteriomorphia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. Bittner. 1895. Revision der Lamellibranchiaten von St. Cassian. Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18(1):1-236

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hoferia compressa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Hoferia duplicata species	listed (PBDB)	4	242 Ma Middle Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Hoferia emarginata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Hoferia exsul ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Hoferia magna ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Hoferia simplex ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Hoferia Bittner, 1894	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : *Hoferia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1895	Hoferia Bittner
1898	Bittnerella Dall
1980	Hoferia Vokes p. 19
2002	Hoferia Sepkoski, Jr.
2014	Hoferia Ros-Franch et al.

References

Bittner A. Revision der Lamellibranchiaten von St. Cassian, Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18 1, 1-236

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

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

Ros-Franch S., Márquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219

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

Nomenclator Zoologicus (supplementary record created) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Verh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien., 1894 - 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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