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Thracia (Thracia)

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)93681https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=93681
Ranksubgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Thraciida : Thraciidae : Thracia : Thracia (Thracia)
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
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderThraciidaCarter 2011
superfamilyThracioideaStoliczka 1870
familyThraciidaeStoliczka 1870
genusThraciaBlainville 1824
subgenusThracia (Thracia)Blainville 1824
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Thracia (Thracia)subgenusbelongs to Thraciastated without evidenceBlainville, 1824
Thracia (Thracia)subgenusbelongs to Thraciastated with evidenceFreneix et al., 1988
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance174 - 170 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Thraciidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Thraciidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. J. Moore. 1976. Oligocene marine mollusks from the Pittsburg Bluff Formation in Oregon. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 922:1-66

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Thracia (Thracia) convexa
species
listed (PBDB)613.8 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Thracia (Thracia) pubescens
species
listed (PBDB)1128.4 Ma
Oligocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1824Thracia (Thracia) Blainville p. 347
1973Thracia (Thracia) Marasti p. 112
1976Thracia (Thracia) Moore p. 53
1988Thracia (Thracia) Freneix et al. p. 445

References

Moore E. J. (1976) Oligocene marine mollusks from the Pittsburg Bluff Formation in Oregon, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 922, 1-66
Marasti R. (1973) La fauna tortoniana del T. Stirone (limite Parmense-Piacentino), Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 12 1, 76-120
Freneix S., Saint Martin J.-P., et al (1988) Bivalves Hétérodontes du Messinien d'Oranie (Algérie occidentale), Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section C: Sciences de la Terre 9 4, 415-453
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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