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Phacoides (Bellucina)

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)82704https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=82704
Ranksubgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Phacoides : Phacoides (Bellucina)
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
-LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusPhacoidesBlainville 1825
subgenusPhacoides (Bellucina)Dall 1901
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Phacoides (Bellucina)subgenusbelongs to Phacoidesstated with evidenceDall, 1901
Phacoides (Bellucina)subgenusbelongs to Phacoidesstated without evidenceOostingh, 1935
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (67%)
First Recorded Appearance28.1 - 20.4 Ma
Cenozoic
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Lucinidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietchemosymbiotic (based on Lucinidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Lucinidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113-283

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Phacoides (Bellucina) amiantus
species
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Phacoides (Bellucina) javanus
species
listed (PBDB)25.33 Ma
Miocene
5.33 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1901Phacoides (Bellucina) Dall
1935Phacoides (Bellucina) Oostingh p. 175

References

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283
Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247
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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