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Cuneopsis

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4592797	https://www.gbif.org/species/4592797
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	86833	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=86833

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionidae : Cuneopsis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionidae : Cuneopsis

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
-	Uniomorphi	Gray 1854
-	Unioni	Gray 1854
-	Unionata	Gray 1854
order	Unionida
suborder	Unionidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Unionoidea
family	Unionidae	Rafinesque 1820
genus	Cuneopsis	Simpson 1900

Scientific Name

Cuneopsis Simpson, 1900

Name Published In

Simpson C.T. (1900). Synopsis of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 22(1205): 501-1044, plate 18.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cuneopsis	genus	belongs to Unionidae	stated with evidence	Yin and Fürsich, 1991
Cuneopsis	genus	belongs to Unionidae	stated without evidence	Van Itterbeeck et al., 2007

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

170 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Environment

freshwater (based on Unionida)

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. Yin and F. T. Fürsich. 1991. Middle and Upper Jurassic bivalves from the Tanggula Mountains, W-China. Beringeria, Würzburger geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 4:127-192

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Cuneopsis capitatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cuneopsis celtiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cuneopsis demangei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cuneopsis fissidentatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cuneopsis heudei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cuneopsis humilior species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cuneopsis kustanaica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cuneopsis pisciculus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cuneopsis quangi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cuneopsis rufescens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cuneopsis sibiricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1900	Cuneopsis Simpson
1991	Cuneopsis Yin and Fürsich p. 146
2007	Cuneopsis Van Itterbeeck et al. p. 69

References

Yin J., Fürsich F. T. (1991) Middle and Upper Jurassic bivalves from the Tanggula Mountains, W-China, Beringeria, Würzburger geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 4, 127-192

Van Itterbeeck J., Missiaen P., et al (2007) Woodland in a fluvio-lacustrine environment on the dry Mongolian Plateau during the late Paleocene: Evidence from the mammal bearing Subeng section (Inner Mongolia, P.R. China), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 243 1-2, 55-78

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

Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 22 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Simpson C.T. (1900). Synopsis of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 22(1205): 501-1044, plate 18. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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