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Pegmavalvula ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4592394	https://www.gbif.org/species/4592394
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16907	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16907

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pseudomonotidae : Pegmavalvula

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pseudomonotidae : Pegmavalvula

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
-	Anomioidei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pseudomonotoidea	Newell and Boyd 1995
family	Pseudomonotidae	Newell 1938
genus	Pegmavalvula	Newell & Boyd 1970

Scientific Name

Pegmavalvula Newell & Boyd, 1970

Name Published In

Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 143

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pegmavalvula	genus	belongs to Pseudomonotidae	stated with evidence	Newell and Boyd, 1995
Pegmavalvula	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pegmavalvula	genus	belongs to Pegmavalvulinae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Pegmavalvula	genus	belongs to Prospondylidae	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

279 - 272 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

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)

N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1970. Oyster-like Permian Bivalvia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 143(4):221-281

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pegmavalvula delicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	279 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pegmavalvula delicatula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pegmavalvula gloveri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	15	279 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pegmavalvula triassica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1970	Pegmavalvula Newell and Boyd p. 263
1995	Pegmavalvula Newell and Boyd p. 65
2002	Pegmavalvula Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Pegmavalvula Bouchet et al.
2014	Pegmavalvula Ros-Franch et al.

References

Newell N. D., Boyd D.W. (1970) Oyster-like Permian Bivalvia, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 143 4, 221-281

Newell N. D., Boyd D.W. (1995) Pectinoid bivalves of the Permian-Triassic crisis, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 227, 1-95

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

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

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

Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 143 - 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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