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Gresslya ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4587006	https://www.gbif.org/species/4587006
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18747	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18747

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Ceratomyidae : Gresslya

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Ceratomyidae : Gresslya

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	Pleuromyoidea	Dall 1900
family	Ceratomyidae	Arkell 1934
genus	Gresslya	Agassiz 1843

Scientific Name

Gresslya Agassiz, 1843

Name Published In

Etudes Crit. Moll. Foss., 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Gresslya	genus	belongs to Ceratomyidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Gresslya	genus	belongs to Pholadomyoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Gresslya	genus	belongs to Ceratomyidae	stated with evidence	Aberhan, 2004
Gresslya	genus	belongs to Ceratomyidae	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

145 - 133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Bivalvia)

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Gresslya abundans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Gresslya bisulcata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Gresslya gregaria ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	15	180 Ma Early Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Gresslya kularensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Gresslya peregrina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	30	191 Ma Early Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Greslya Orbigny, 1850	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Ceratomyidae : *Greslya*
Gresslyia Bronn, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Ceratomyidae : *Gresslyia*
Gressluya Paetel, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Ceratomyidae : *Gressluya*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1843	Gresslya Agassiz
1980	Gresslya Vokes p. 206
2002	Gresslya Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Gresslya Aberhan p. 140
2014	Gresslya Ros-Franch et al.

References

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

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

Aberhan M. (2004) Early Jurassic Bivalvia of northern Chile. Part II. Subclass Anomalodesmata, Beringeria 34, 117-154

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

Etudes Crit. Moll. Foss., 2 - 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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