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Pododesmus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2286127	https://www.gbif.org/species/2286127
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16937	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16937

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : Pododesmus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : Pododesmus

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	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
-	Anomioidei	Gray 1854
-	Anomioitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Anomioidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Anomiidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Pododesmus	Philippi 1837

Scientific Name

Pododesmus Philippi, 1837

Name Published In

Arch. Naturgesch., 3 (1)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pododesmus	genus	belongs to Anomiidae	stated without evidence	Clark and Arnold, 1923
Pododesmus	genus	belongs to Anomiidae	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Pododesmus	genus	belongs to Anomiidae	stated without evidence	Moore, 1987
Pododesmus	genus	belongs to Placunanomiinae	stated with evidence	Beu et al., 1990
Pododesmus	genus	belongs to Anomiidae	stated with evidence	Squires, 1993
Pododesmus	genus	belongs to Anomiidae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 1999
Pododesmus	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pododesmus	genus	belongs to Placunanomiinae	stated without evidence	Robinson and Lee, 2011
Pododesmus	genus	belongs to Anomiidae	stated with evidence	Coan and Valentich-Scott, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

7 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

stationary, attached, epibiont

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: EP, IM, CE, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Anomiidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pododesmus (Monia) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		44	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Pododesmus (Pododesmus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Ostrea waccamawensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Placunanomia sella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Placunomia fragosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pododesmus foliatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pododesmus incisurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pododesmus macrochisma species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Pododesmus maxwelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pododesmus patelliformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pododesmus paucicostatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pododesmus pernoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pododesmus philippi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pododesmus puntarenensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pododesmus rudis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Pododesmus scopelus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pododesmus squama species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pododesmus waccamawensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Paranomia Conrad, 1860	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : *Paranomia*
Paronomia Gardner, 1916	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : *Paronomia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1837	Pododesmus Philippi
1923	Pododesmus Clark and Arnold p. 141
1928	Pododesmus Nagao p. 41
1987	Pododesmus Moore pp. 9, 13
1987	Pododesmus Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1990	Pododesmus Beu et al. p. 396

Year	Name and Author
1993	Pododesmus Squires p. 271
1999	Pododesmus Wienrich p. 221
2001	Pododesmus Todd
2002	Pododesmus Sepkoski, Jr.
2011	Pododesmus Robinson and Lee p. 141
2012	Pododesmus Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 256

References

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

Clark B. L., Arnold R. (1923) Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 5, 123-234

Nagao T. (1928) Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part II, Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 12 1, 11-140

Moore E. J. (1987) Tertiary Marine Pelycypods of California and Baja California: Plicatulidae to Ostreidae, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1228 C, 1-53

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

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Squires R. L. (1993) Earliest Record of the Anomiid Bivalve Pododesmus: A New Species from the Lower Eocene of Western Washington, The Veliger 36 3, 270-275

Wienrich G. (1999) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 2 Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 2, 188-384

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]

Robinson J. H., Lee D. E. (2011) A shallow, warm-water calcitic molluscan fauna from an Early Oligocene seamount, North Otago, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 54 1, 135-147 doi:10.1080/00288306.2011.537612

Coan E. V., Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru, Santa Barbara museum of Natural history monographs 6, 1-1258

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Arch. Naturgesch., 3 (1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - 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/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hansson, H.G. (2006) "MARINA SYDSKANDINAVISKA ""EVERTEBRATER"" - ett naturhistoriskt urval. Web-upplaga Sept. 2006. http://www.tmbl.gu.se/staff/HansGHanssonP.html." - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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)

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

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

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