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Brachidontes (Brachidontes)


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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)110029https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=110029
Ranksubgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Brachidontes : Brachidontes (Brachidontes)
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassPteriomorphia
-MytilomorphiFerussac 1822
orderMytilida
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyMytilidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMytilinaeRafinesque 1815
genusBrachidontesSwainson 1840
subgenusBrachidontes (Brachidontes)Swainson 1840
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Brachidontes (Brachidontes)subgenusbelongs to Brachidontesstated with evidenceSwainson, 1840
Brachidontes (Brachidontes)subgenusbelongs to Brachidontesstated without evidenceSquires, 1984
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (67%)
First Recorded Appearance101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentlagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic,brackish,freshwater (based on Mytilidae)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Brachidontes)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Brachidontes)
Ontogenyaccretion (based on Mytilidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Brachidontes)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. R DuBar. 1958. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Late Neogene strata of the Caloosahatchee River area of southern Florida. Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 40:1-267

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Brachidontes (Brachidontes) cowlitzensis
species
listed (PBDB)3556.0 Ma
Paleocene
41.3 Ma
Eocene
Brachidontes (Brachidontes) variabilis
species
listed (PBDB)12.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1840Brachidontes (Brachidontes) Swainson
1984Brachidontes (Brachidontes) Squires p. 42
1987Brachidontes (Brachidontes) Squires p. 56
1988Brachidontes (Brachidontes) Squires p. 18

References

DuBar J. R (1958) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Late Neogene strata of the Caloosahatchee River area of southern Florida, Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1-267
Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76
Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93
Squires R. L. (1988) Eocene Macropaleontology of Northern Lockwood Valley, Ventura County, California, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 398, 1-23
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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