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Pholadidae

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Description

Pholadidae, known as piddocks or angelwings, are a family of bivalve molluscs similar to a clam.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholadidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3477	https://www.gbif.org/species/3477
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	61721	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61721

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Pholadidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Pholadidae

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	Pholadiformii	Gray 1854
order	Pholadida	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pholadoidea	Lamarck 1809
family	Pholadidae	Lamarck 1809

Scientific Name

Pholadidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pholadidae	family	belongs to Adesmacea	stated without evidence	Glenn, 1904
Pholadidae	family	belongs to Pelecypoda	stated without evidence	Clark and Arnold, 1923
Pholadidae	family	belongs to Pholadacea	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Pholadidae	family	belongs to Pholadacea	stated without evidence	Kennedy, 1993
Pholadidae	family	belongs to Pholadoidea	stated without evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Pholadidae	family	belongs to Pholadoidea	stated with evidence	Rosenberg et al., 2006
Pholadidae	family	belongs to Pholadoidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Pholadidae	family	belongs to Pholadoidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Pholadidae	family	belongs to Pholadoidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

49 (56%)

First Recorded Appearance

191 - 170 Ma
Jurassic

Motility

stationary

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: WB, SE/IM, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Common Name(s)

Bohrmuscheln, Echte Bohrmuscheln, Boormossels, Borrmusslor, Piddocks, ニオガイ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholadidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Jouannetiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		41	161 Ma Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Martesiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		73	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Martesinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Pholadinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		195	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Xylophaginae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		9	152 Ma Late Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Aspidopholas ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	48.6 Ma Eocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Barnea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		60	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Chaceia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cyrtopleura genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Cyrtopleuropsis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Dactylina genus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Diplothyra genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Goniochasma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Jouannetia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		41	161 Ma Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Lignopholas genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Martesia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		70	191 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Monothyra genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Netastoma genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Nipponopholas genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Opertochasma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		34	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Parapholas genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Penitella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pholadidea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Pholas genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		55	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Ramsetia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Talona genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Teredina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Zirfaea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		35	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Zirlona ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pupura marmorata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pupura patula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1809	Pholadidae Lamarck
1815	Hypogaeidae Rafinesque
1904	Pholadidae Glenn p. 274
1923	Pholadidae Clark and Arnold p. 156
1965	Pholadidae Newell p. 21
1980	Pholadidae Vokes p. 187
1987	Pholadidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 131

Year	Name and Author
1993	Pholadidae Kennedy p. 397
1999	Pholadidae Squires p. 28
2000	Pholadidae Coan et al. p. 466
2006	Pholadidae Rosenberg et al.
2009	Pholadidae Nevesskaja
2010	Pholadidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Pholadidae Carter et al. p. 17

References

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

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

Clark B. L., Arnold R. (1923) Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 5, 123-234

Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25

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

Kennedy G. L. (1993) New Cretaceous and Tertiary Pholadidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from California, Journal of Paleontology 67 3, 397-404

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Rosenberg G., Ponder W., et al (2006) A Biotic Database of Indo-Pacific Marine Mollusks doi:http://data.acnatsci.org/obis

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

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

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. - via World Register of Marine Species

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

WoRMS (2016) Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss, 1989: null. A classification of the living Mollusca. xii+195. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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