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Trigonodesma ✝

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Description

Trigonodesma is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonodesma, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4593588	https://www.gbif.org/species/4593588
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16320	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16320

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Noetiidae : Trigonodesma

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Trigonodesma

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
-	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida
superfamily	Arcoidea
family	Arcidae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Noetiinae	Stewart 1930
tribe	Striarcini
genus	Trigonodesma	Wood 1864

Scientific Name

Trigonodesma Wood, 1864

Name Published In

(Pal. Soc. Monogr.) Monogr. Eocene Moll., 1, Bivalves

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Trigonodesma	genus	belongs to Striarcinae	stated without evidence	Vokes, 1980
Trigonodesma	genus	belongs to Arcoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Environment

lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic,brackish,freshwater (based on Arcidae)

Motility

facultatively mobile, attached (based on Arcidae)

Vision

limited (based on Arcidae)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Arcidae)

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Arcidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite,intermediate,minor folds, major ribbing (based on Arcidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonodesma

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Trigonodesma (Scapularca) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		5	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Arca lissa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trigonodesma buxellensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Trigonodesma lissa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	55.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1864	Trigonodesma Wood p. 86
1980	Trigonodesma Vokes p. 18
2002	Trigonodesma Sepkoski, Jr.

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

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

(Pal. Soc. Monogr.) Monogr. Eocene Moll., 1, Bivalves - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Berezovsky A.A. (1997). The genus Trigonodesma (Bivalvia) and Its representatives from the Eocene of the Ukraine. Paleontological Journal. 31(3): 286-291. - via World Register of Marine Species

Pacaud J.M. & Le Renard J. (1995). Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. IV- Liste systématique actualisée. Cossmanniana. 3(4): 151-187. - 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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