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Ctenodontidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	59935	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59935

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Ctenodontidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Protobranchia	Pelseneer 1889
superorder	Nuculiformii	Dall 1889
order	Solemyida	Newell 1965
superfamily	Solemyoidea	Adams and Adams 1857
family	Ctenodontidae	Wöhrmann 1893

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ctenodontidae	family	belongs to Prionodesmacea	stated with evidence	Raymond, 1916
Ctenodontidae	family	belongs to Bivalvia	stated without evidence	Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen, 1960
Ctenodontidae	family	belongs to Ctenodontacea	stated with evidence	Cox et al., 1969
Ctenodontidae	family	belongs to Ctenodontacea	stated without evidence	Hayami and Kase, 1977
Ctenodontidae	family	belongs to Ctenodontacea	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Ctenodontidae	family	belongs to Ctenodontoidei	stated without evidence	Schultze, 2004
Ctenodontidae	family	belongs to Ctenodontoidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Ctenodontidae	family	belongs to Protobranchia	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Ctenodontidae	family	belongs to Solemyoidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011
Ctenodontidae	family	belongs to Ctenodontoidea	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Motility

facultatively mobile, attached (based on Ctenodontidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Ctenodontidae)

Ecospace Comments

ECOSPACE CODE: 543. LIFE HISTORY: Data from Meyer et al (2009); appears to have byssal attachment; modern nuculanids are predominantly deposit feeders but can suspension feed.

Taphonomy

aragonite (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

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Alococoncha ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	3	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Clinopistha ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	9	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	272 Ma Permian
Ctenodonta ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	394	485 Ma Cambrian	345 Ma Carboniferous
Ditichia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Dystactella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Mesoneilo ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Praectenodonta ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	8	433 Ma Silurian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Tancrediopsis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	45	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Tellinopsis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	25	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1893	Ctenodontidae Wöhrmann
1916	Ctenodontidae Raymond
1960	Ctenodontidae Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen p. 94
1969	Ctenodontidae Cox et al. p. N228
1977	Ctenodontidae Hayami and Kase
1980	Ctenodontidae Vokes p. 1

Year	Name and Author
2004	Ctenodontidae Schultze p. 474
2009	Ctenodontidae Nevesskaja
2010	Ctenodontidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Ctenodontidae Carter et al. p. 5
2014	Ctenodontidae Ros-Franch et al.

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Raymond P. E. (1916) The Pelecypoda of the Chazy Formation, Annals of the Carnegie Museum 328, 325-343

Soot-Ryen H., Soot-Ryen T. (1960) The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo region, Norway: 11, Pelecypoda, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 40 2, 81-122

Cox L. R., Newell N. D., et al (1969) Mollusca 6: Bivalvia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1, N1-N489

Hayami I., Kase T. (1977) A systematic survey of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic Gastropoda and Paleozoic Bivalvia from Japan, University of Tokyo Bulletin 13

Schultze H.-P. (2004) Mesozoic sarcopterygians, Mesozoic Fishes 3 - Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity, 463-492

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Ros-Franch S., Márquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219

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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