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Ctenodonta subcircularis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)327367https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=327367
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Ctenodontidae : Ctenodonta : Ctenodonta subcircularis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
orderProtobranchiaPelseneer 1889
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderSolemyidaNewell 1965
superfamilySolemyoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyCtenodontidaeWöhrmann 1893
genusCtenodontaSalter 1852
speciesCtenodonta subcircularis
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ctenodonta subcircularisspeciesbelongs to Ctenodontastated with evidenceProuty, 1923
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance443 - 441 Ma
Silurian
Last Recorded Appearance443 - 441 Ma
Silurian
Motilityfacultatively mobile, attached (based on Ctenodonta)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietdeposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Ctenodonta)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. A. Northrop. 1939. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Silurian rocks of the Port Daniel-Black Cape Region, Gaspé. Geological Society of America Special Paper 21:1-302

References

Northrop S. A. (1939) Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Silurian rocks of the Port Daniel-Black Cape Region, Gaspé, Geological Society of America Special Paper 21, 1-302
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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