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Pteriomorphia

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	61998	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61998

Rank

infraclass (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pteriomorphia

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
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
subclass	Pteriomorphia

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pteriomorphia	subclass	belongs to Bivalvia	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Pteriomorphia	subclass	belongs to Pelecypoda	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Pteriomorphia	subclass	belongs to Bivalvia	stated without evidence	Ward, 1992
Pteriomorphia	subclass	belongs to Bivalvia	stated with evidence	Cope, 1997
Pteriomorphia	unranked clade	belongs to Autolamellibranchiata	stated without evidence	Giribet and Wheeler, 2002
Pteriomorphia	subclass	belongs to Bivalvia	stated without evidence	Spencer et al., 2004
Pteriomorphia	unranked clade	belongs to Autolamellibranchiata	stated with evidence	Bieler and Mikkelsen, 2006
Pteriomorphia	subclass	belongs to Bivalvia	stated with evidence	Lin et al., 2007
Pteriomorphia	subclass	belongs to Bivalvia	stated without evidence	Hikuroa and Grant-Mackie, 2008
Pteriomorphia	superorder	belongs to Autobranchia	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Pteriomorphia	infraclass	belongs to Autobranchia	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011
Pteriomorphia	subclass	belongs to Bivalvia	stated without evidence	Waller, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

8,380

Extant Size (PBDB)

1,122 (13%)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Pteriomorphia)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pteriomorphia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. G. Carter, C. R. Altaba L. C. Anderson, R. Araujo, A. S. Biakov, A. E. Bogan, D. C. Campbell, M. Campbell, J. H. Chen, J. C. W. Cope, G. Delvene, H. H. Dijkstra, Z. J. Fang, R. N. Gardner, V. A. Gavrilova, I. A. Goncharova, P. J. Harries, J. H. Hartman, M. Hautmann, et al. 2011. A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4:1-47

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Prionodonta superorder	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Pterioida order	listed (PBDB)	649	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	0 Ma Extant
Pteriacea superfamily	listed (PBDB)	34	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	180 Ma Early Jurassic
Rutotia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Mytilomorphi unranked clade	listed (PBDB)	6,219	485 Ma Cambrian	0 Ma Extant
Ostreomorphi unranked clade	listed (PBDB)	78,719	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1944	Pteriomorphia Beurlen
1965	Pteriomorphia Newell p. 17
1978	Pteriomorphia Grant-Mackie
1980	Pteriomorphia Vokes p. 10
1983	Pteriomorphia Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 88
1987	Pteriomorphia Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1992	Pteriomorphia Ward p. 53
1997	Pteriomorphia Cope p. 730
1998	Pteriomorphia Reid
2001	Pteriomorphia Todd
2002	Pteriomorphia Giribet and Wheeler
2004	Pteriomorphia Spencer et al.
2006	Pteriomorphia Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 230
2007	Pteriomorphia Lin et al.
2008	Pteriomorphia Hikuroa and Grant-Mackie
2008	Pteriomorphia Scholz et al.
2010	Pteriomorphia Bouchet et al.
2011	Pteriomorphia Carter et al. p. 6
2011	Pteriomorphia Waller p. 17
1944	Pteriomorphia Beurlen

Year	Name and Author
1965	Pteriomorphia Newell p. 17
1978	Pteriomorphia Grant-Mackie
1980	Pteriomorphia Vokes p. 10
1983	Pteriomorphia Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 88
1987	Pteriomorphia Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1992	Pteriomorphia Ward p. 53
1997	Pteriomorphia Cope p. 730
1998	Pteriomorphia Reid
1999	Pteriomorphia Squires p. 18
2001	Pteriomorphia Todd
2002	Pteriomorphia Giribet and Wheeler
2004	Pteriomorphia Spencer et al.
2006	Pteriomorphia Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 230
2007	Pteriomorphia Lin et al.
2008	Pteriomorphia Hikuroa and Grant-Mackie
2008	Pteriomorphia Scholz et al.
2010	Pteriomorphia Bouchet et al.
2011	Pteriomorphia Carter et al. p. 6
2011	Pteriomorphia Waller p. 17

References

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

Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25

Grant-Mackie J. A. (1978) Subgenera of the Upper Triassic bivalve Monotis, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 21 1, 97-111 doi:10.1080/00288306.1978.10420726

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

Gliozzi E., Malatesta A. (1983) I molluschi del Paleocene di Baixa Chinhauanine nel bacino del Rio Massintonto (Maputo - Mozambico), Geologica Romana 22, 85-145

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

Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

Cope J. C. W. (1997) The early phylogeny of the Class Bivalvia, Palaeontology 40 3, 713-746

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Giribet G., Wheeler W. (2002) On bivalve phylogeny: a high-level analysis of the Bivalvia (Mollusca) based on combined morphology and DNA sequence data, Invertebrate Biology 121 4, 271-324

Spencer H. G., Willan R. C., et al (2004) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca described from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/index.html]

Bieler R., Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Bivalvia - a look at the branches, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148, 223-235

Lin L., Zhu L., et al (2007) A new genus of Pergamidiidae (Bivalvia) from the Late Triassic of the Changtai-Gacun area, eastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 30, 108-112 doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.08.005

Hikuroa D., Grant-Mackie J. (2008) New species of Late Jurassic Australobuchia (Bivalvia) from the Murihiku Terrane, Port Waikato-Kawhia region, New Zealand, Alcheringa 32, 73-98

Scholz A., Aberhan M., et al (2008) Early Jurassic bivalves of the Antimonio terrane (Sonora, NW Mexico): Taxonomy, biogeography, and paleogeographic implications, Geological Society of America Special Paper 442, 269-312

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

Waller T. R. (2011) Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley, Bulletins of American Paleontology 381, 1-198

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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