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Chaceia fulcherae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8522345	https://www.gbif.org/species/8522345
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	281590	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=281590

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Pholadidae : Chaceia : Chaceia fulcherae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Pholadidae : Chaceia : Chaceia fulcherae

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	Pholadiformii	Gray 1854
order	Pholadida	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pholadoidea	Lamarck 1809
family	Pholadidae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Martesiinae	Grant 1931
genus	Chaceia
species	Chaceia fulcherae	Kennedy 1993

Generic Name

Chaceia

Scientific Name

Chaceia fulcherae Kennedy, 1993

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Chaceia fulcherae	species	belongs to Chaceia	stated with evidence	Kennedy, 1993

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene

Motility

stationary (based on Pholadidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pholadidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. L. Kennedy. 1993. New Cretaceous and Tertiary Pholadidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from California. Journal of Paleontology 67(3):397-404

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1993	Chaceia fulcherae Kennedy pp. 399 - 400 figs. 2.4-2.8

References

Kennedy G. L. (1993) New Cretaceous and Tertiary Pholadidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from California, Journal of Paleontology 67 3, 397-404

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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