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Sportella

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3247771	https://www.gbif.org/species/3247771
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18277	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18277

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Sportellidae : Sportella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Sportellidae : Sportella

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	Sportella	Deshayes 1858

Scientific Name

Sportella Deshayes, 1858

Name Published In

Descr. An. s. Vert. Bassin Paris, 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Sportella	genus	belongs to Sportellidae	stated with evidence	Glenn, 1904
Sportella	genus	belongs to Sportellidae	stated without evidence	Dockery, 1982
Sportella	genus	belongs to Sportellidae	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Sportella	genus	belongs to Sportellidae	implied	Lamprell and Healy, 1998
Sportella	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Sportella	genus	belongs to Sportellidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (7.1%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN/BA, 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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Sportella bezanconi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sportella callosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sportella calpix species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sportella dubia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sportella fabula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sportella gibberosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sportella gregorioi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Sportella jubata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sportella leura ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Sportella lioconcha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sportella lubrica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sportella macromya species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sportella nepotina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sportella oblonga ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		11	56.0 Ma Paleocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Sportella obolus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sportella patuxentia species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sportella pelex species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sportella petropolitana species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sportella recessa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sportella recondita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sportella recussa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sportella sperabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sportella unicarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sportella variabilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sportella waccamawensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sportella whitfieldi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Sportella yamanii species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Sportella yorkensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1858	Sportella Deshayes
1904	Sportella Glenn p. 323
1980	Sportella Vokes p. 116
1982	Sportella Dockery p. 64
1987	Sportella Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1998	Sportella Lamprell and Healy p. 164
2002	Sportella Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Sportella Bouchet et al.

References

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

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

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

Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261

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

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

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

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

CAAB (extant) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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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