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Trigonioidea
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigonioidea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 538 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (0.93%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 478 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Trigoniida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Trigoniida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Bieler and P. M. Mikkelsen. 2006. Bivalvia - a look at the branches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148:223-235 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Costatoriidae β family | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 279 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Eoschizodidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 86 | 433 Ma Silurian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Groeberellidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 199 Ma Early Jurassic | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Myophoriidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,342 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Prosogyrotrigoniidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Scaphellinidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 290 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Schizodidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 709 | 431 Ma Silurian | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Trigoniidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,523 | 303 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1819 | Trigonioidea Lamarck |
2006 | Trigonioidea Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 230 |
2009 | Trigonioidea Nevesskaja |
2010 | Trigonioidea Amler p. 22 |
2010 | Trigonioidea Bouchet et al. |
2011 | Trigonioidea Carter et al. p. 11 |
References
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!