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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4586911	https://www.gbif.org/species/4586911
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16492	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16492

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Aviculopectinidae : Asoella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Hunanopectinidae : Asoella

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	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
-	Aviculopectinoidei	Starobogatov 1992
superfamily	Heteropectinoidea	Beurlen 1954
family	Hunanopectinidae	Yin 1985
subfamily	Asoellinae
genus	Asoella	Tokuyama 1959

Scientific Name

Asoella Tokuyama, 1959

Name Published In

Jap. J. Geol. Geogr. 30

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Asoella	subgenus	belongs to Eumorphotis	stated without evidence	Gu et al., 1976
Asoella	genus	belongs to Aviculopectininae	stated without evidence	Vokes, 1980
Asoella	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Asoella	genus	belongs to Asoellidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

191 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

stationary (based on Pectinida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pectinida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinida)

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
Asoella asapha ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	201 Ma Early Jurassic	191 Ma Early Jurassic
Asoella campbellorum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Asoella ireneana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cardium asaphum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eumorphotis (Asoella) confertoradiata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Eumorphotis (Asoella) paradoxica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Eumorphotis paradoxica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1959	Asoella Tokuyama p. 2
1976	Eumorphotis (Asoella) Gu et al. p. 187
1980	Asoella Vokes p. 47
2002	Asoella Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Asoella Bouchet et al.
2011	Asoella McRoberts p. 636
2014	Asoella Ros-Franch et al.

References

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

Gu Z. W., Huang B. Y., et al (1976) , The Fossil Lamellibranchiata of China, 1-522

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

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

McRoberts C. A. (2011) Late Triassic Bivalvia (Chiefly Halobiidae and Monotidae) from the Pardonet Formation, Williston Lake Area, Northeastern British Columbia, Canada, Journal of Paleontology 85 4, 613-664 doi:10.1666/10-051.1

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

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

Jap. J. Geol. Geogr. 30 - 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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