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Beguina

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)59349https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59349
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Beguina
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
-CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida
superfamilyCrassatelloidea
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyCarditinaeFleming 1820
genusBeguinaRöding 1798
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Beguinagenusbelongs to Carditinaestated with evidenceVokes, 1980
Beguinagenusbelongs to CarditidaeimpliedLamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (60%)
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Carditidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Carditidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Beguina (Jesonia)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)120.4 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Beguina (Mytilicardita)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)138.0 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
Beguina semiorbiculata
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1798Beguina Röding
1980Beguina Vokes p. 117
1992Beguina Lamprell and Whitehead p. 56

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1
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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