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Ensitellops

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	10405756	https://www.gbif.org/species/10405756
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17614	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17614

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Galeommatida : Basterotiidae : Ensitellops

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Sportellidae : Ensitellops

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Leptonidina	Dall 1889
superfamily	Cyamioidea
family	Sportellidae	Dall 1899
genus	Ensitellops	Olsson & Harbison 1953

Scientific Name

Ensitellops Olsson & Harbison, 1953

Name Published In

Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. No. 8

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ensitellops	genus	belongs to Sportellidae	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Ensitellops	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Sportellidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Sportellidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ensitellops hertleini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ensitellops protexta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ensitellops protextus species	listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Ensitellops tabula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1987	Ensitellops Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
2002	Ensitellops Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

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

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. No. 8 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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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