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Aristerella ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3247885https://www.gbif.org/species/3247885
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)17108https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17108
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Modiomorphida : Modiomorphidae : Aristerella
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Modiomorphida : Modiomorphidae : Aristerella
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
orderModiomorphida
superfamilyModiomorphoidea
familyModiomorphidaeMiller 1877
genusAristerellaUlrich 1894
Scientific NameAristerella Ulrich, 1894
Name Published InGeol. Minnesota, 3, fasc. 2 (Paleont.)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aristerellagenusbelongs to Modiomorphidaestated with evidenceCox et al., 1969
Aristerellagenusbelongs to Modiomorphoidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Modiomorphidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Modiomorphidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. O. Ulrich. 1894. The Lower Silurian Lamellibranchiata of Minnesota. Minnesota Geology and Natural History Survey 3:475-628

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aristerella nitidula ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Aristerella nitiduloides
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Aristella Eastman, 1900GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Modiomorphida : Modiomorphidae : Aristella

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1894Aristerella Ulrich p. 524
1969Aristerella Cox et al. p. N394
2002Aristerella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Ulrich E. O. The Lower Silurian Lamellibranchiata of Minnesota, Minnesota Geology and Natural History Survey 3, 475-628
Cox L. R., Newell N. D., et al (1969) Mollusca 6: Bivalvia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1, N1-N489
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
Geol. Minnesota, 3, fasc. 2 (Paleont.) - 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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