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Alveinus minutus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)6526126https://www.gbif.org/species/6526126
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)59023https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59023
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Kelliellidae : Alveinus : Alveinus minutus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Kelliellidae : Alveinus : Alveinus minutus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
-Veneroidei
-VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyGlossoidea
familyKelliellidaeFischer 1887
genusAlveinusConrad 1865
speciesAlveinus minutusConrad 1865
Generic NameAlveinus
Scientific NameAlveinus minutus Conrad, 1865
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Alveinus minutusspeciesbelongs to Alveinusstated without evidenceHarris, 1919
Alveinus minutusspeciesbelongs to Alveinusstated with evidenceWoodring, 1982
Alveinus minutusspeciesbelongs to Alveinusstated without evidenceKosnik, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Alveinus)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Alveinus)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. A. Kosnik. 2002. personal opinion.

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1865Alveinus minutus Conrad p. 138 figs. pl. 10, fig. 2
1919Alveinus minutus Harris p. 110
1982Alveinus minutus Woodring p. 678
2002Alveinus minutus Kosnik

References

Kosnik M. A. (2002) personal opinion.
Harris G. D. (1919) Pelecypoda of the St. Maurice and Claiborne stages, Bulletins of American Paleontology 6 31, 1-208
Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F
Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. - via World Register of Marine Species
Huber, M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research: Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM - via Catalogue of Life
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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