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Eurhomalea florentinoi ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4949368	https://www.gbif.org/species/4949368
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	103185	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=103185

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Eurhomalea : Eurhomalea florentinoi

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Eurhomalea : Eurhomalea florentinoi

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	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Eurhomalea	Cossmann 1920
species	Eurhomalea florentinoi	Zinsmeister 1984

Generic Name

Eurhomalea

Scientific Name

Eurhomalea florentinoi Zinsmeister, 1984

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eurhomalea florentinoi	species	belongs to Eurhomalea	stated with evidence	Zinsmeister, 1984

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Veneridae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Veneridae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Veneridae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1984	Eurhomalea florentinoi Zinsmeister p. 1520 figs. figs 8k, 8m
1992	Eurhomalea florentinoi Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 79

References

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J. (1992) Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy, Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

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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