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Daonella americana

Description

Daonella is a genus of oyster-like saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks which lived in the middle to late Triassic period. They are related to the genera Aparimella and Halobia. Since they were ubiquitous in the Arctic, Tethys and Panthalassa seas, they are frequently used as index fossils in dating rocks to the Triassic period. However, the systematic classification of the Daonella is still an area of ongoing research.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8684532https://www.gbif.org/species/8684532
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)181589https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=181589
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Daonellidae : Daonella : Daonella americana
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Halobiidae : Daonella : Daonella americana
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
infraclassPteriomorphia
-OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
-OstreioniFerussac 1822
-OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPosidonioideaFrech 1909
familyHalobiidaeKittl 1912
genusDaonellaMojsisovics 1874
speciesDaonella americanaSmith 1914
Generic NameDaonella
Scientific NameDaonella americana Smith, 1914
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Daonella americanaspeciesbelongs to Daonellastated with evidenceSmith, 1914
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Environmentmarine,brackish (based on Ostreida)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Ostreida)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Ostreida)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Halobiidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. P. Smith. 1914. The Middle Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 83:1-254
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daonella_americana

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1914Daonella americana Smith p. 143 figs. Pl 89, figs 4-9
1982Daonella americana Silberling and Nichols p. 67 figs. Pl 35, figs 1-7
1996Daonella americana Dagis et al. p. 43 figs. Pl 13, figs 8-13

References

Smith J. P. (1914) The Middle Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 83, 1-254
Silberling N. J., Nichols K. M. (1982) Middle Triassic Molluscan Fossils of Biostratigraphic Significance from the Humboldt Range, Northwestern Nevada, Geological Survey Professional Paper 1207
Dagis A. S., Dagis A. A., et al (1996) , Triasovaya Fauna Severo-Vostoka Azii, 1-232
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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