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Horiopleura ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3247817https://www.gbif.org/species/3247817
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)18583https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18583
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Polyconitidae : Horiopleura
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Polyconitidae : Horiopleura
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderHippuritida
suborderRadiolitidinaSkelton 2013
superfamilyRadiolitoideaGray 1848
familyPolyconitidaeMacGillavry 1937
genusHoriopleuraDouvillé 1889
Scientific NameHoriopleura Douvillé, 1889
Name Published InBull. Soc. Géol. France, (3) 17
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Horiopleuragenusbelongs to Hippuritoidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Horiopleuragenusbelongs to Polyconitidaestated without evidenceSteuber, 2002
Horiopleuragenusbelongs to Horiopleuridaestated without evidenceBouchet et al., 2010
Horiopleuragenusbelongs to Polyconitidaestated with evidenceSkelton, 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance112 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Hippuritida)
Motilitystationary (based on Polyconitidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Polyconitidae)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, aragonite
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1889Horiopleura Douvillé
2002Horiopleura Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Horiopleura Steuber
2010Horiopleura Bouchet et al.
2013Horiopleura Skelton

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Steuber T. (2002) Web Catalogue of the Hippuritoidea (rudist bivalves), http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/sediment/rudinet/index.htm
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
Skelton P. W. (2013) Rudist classification for the revised Bivalvia volumes of the "Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology", Caribbean Journal of Earth Science 45, 9-33
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
Bull. Soc. Géol. France, (3) 17 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Skelton, P. W. (2013). Rudist classification for the revised Bivalvia volumes of the ‘Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.'. Caribbean Journal of Earth Science. 45, 9-33. - 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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