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Pleuromya ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4587074	https://www.gbif.org/species/4587074
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18805	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18805

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Pleuromyidae : Pleuromya

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Pleuromyidae : Pleuromya

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	Pleuromyidae	Dall 1900
genus	Pleuromya	Agassiz 1842

Scientific Name

Pleuromya Agassiz, 1842

Name Published In

Etudes Crit. Moll. Foss., (4

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pleuromya	subgenus	belongs to Panopea	stated with evidence	Wilckens, 1910
Pleuromya	genus	belongs to Pleuromyidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Pleuromya	genus	belongs to Pholadomyoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pleuromya	genus	belongs to Pleuromyidae	stated with evidence	Aberhan, 2004
Pleuromya	genus	belongs to Pleuromyidae	stated without evidence	Scholz et al., 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper 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	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Myacites elongatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myacites humboldtensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myacites subcompressa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromya aequistriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	183 Ma Early Jurassic	183 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleuromya alpina ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Pleuromya ambigua ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Pleuromya bavarica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Pleuromya borealis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pleuromya burnsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromya calceiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Pleuromya cuneata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pleuromya ecki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pleuromya elongata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		32	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pleuromya fedaiana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pleuromya galathea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	201 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleuromya gibbosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pleuromya haydeniana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pleuromya himaica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleuromya humboldtensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pleuromya inconstans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromya kelleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleuromya loeschmanni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleuromya milleformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	176 Ma Early Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Pleuromya newtoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromya nuda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromya oblonga ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleuromya oblongata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromya papyracea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromya poyaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromya prima ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pleuromya prosogyra ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pleuromya saltriensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	199 Ma Early Jurassic	199 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleuromya sikanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromya simplex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromya skianni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleuromya subcompressa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		70	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pleuromya sulcatissima ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleuromya tellina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	157 Ma Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pleuromya tricarinata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Pleuromya uniformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		322	199 Ma Early Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pleuromya unioides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		17	201 Ma Early Jurassic	180 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleuromya urnula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleuromya varians species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromya varians ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Venus unioides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1845	Pleuromya Agassiz
1910	Panopea (Pleuromya) Wilckens
1980	Pleuromya Vokes p. 206
2002	Pleuromya Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Pleuromya Aberhan p. 144
2008	Pleuromya Scholz et al.
2010	Pleuromya Bouchet et al.
2014	Pleuromya 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

Scholz A., Aberhan M., et al (2008) Early Jurassic bivalves of the Antimonio terrane (Sonora, NW Mexico): Taxonomy, biogeography, and paleogeographic implications, Geological Society of America Special Paper 442, 269-312

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

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

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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., (4 - 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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