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Heteroconchia

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)83696https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83696
Rankinfraclass (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Heteroconchia
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
-Heteroconchia
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Heteroconchiaunranked cladebelongs to Bivalviastated with evidenceWard, 1992
Heteroconchiaunranked cladebelongs to Autolamellibranchiatastated with evidenceGiribet and Wheeler, 2002
Heteroconchiaunranked cladebelongs to Bivalviastated with evidenceBieler and Mikkelsen, 2006
Heteroconchiaunranked cladebelongs to Bivalviastated without evidenceScholz et al., 2008
Heteroconchiasuperorderbelongs to Autobranchiastated without evidenceBouchet et al., 2010
Heteroconchiainfraclassbelongs to Autobranchiastated with evidenceCarter et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)10,476
Extant Size (PBDB)2,429 (23%)
First Recorded Appearance485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Bivalvia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. Giribet and W. Wheeler. 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

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Heterodonta
subclass		listed (PBDB)420393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		0 Ma
Extant
Palaeoheterodonta
subclass		listed (PBDB)
Archiheterodonta
unranked clade		listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Cardiomorphi
unranked clade		listed (PBDB)79,954485 Ma
Cambrian		0 Ma
Extant
Heterodonta
unranked clade		listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Uniomorphi
unranked clade		listed (PBDB)6,827479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician		0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1854Heteroconchia Gray
1980Eoastartella Chang p. 12
1980Eoastartella qinglongensis Chang p. 12
1992Heteroconchia Ward p. 78
1995Paullia Schubert and Bottjer
2002Heteroconchia Giribet and Wheeler
YearName and Author
2006Heteroconchia Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 230
2008Heteroconchia Scholz et al.
2010Heteroconchia Bouchet et al.
2011Heteroconchia Carter et al. p. 11
2012Parenia Biakov
2019Parenia parenica Biakov p. 247 figs. Pl 4, figs 4,6,7,9

References

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
Chang A. (1980) Nomina nuda, Late Permian Stratigraphy and Fossils in Western Guizhou and Eastern Yunnan
Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2
Bieler R., Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Bivalvia - a look at the branches, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148, 223-235
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
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
Biakov A. S. (2019) Bivalves of northeast Asia at the Carboniferous-Permian transition, Paleontological Journal 53, 241-251
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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