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Plectodon

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2288463	https://www.gbif.org/species/2288463
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18800	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18800

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cuspidariidae : Plectodon

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Poromyida : Cuspidariidae : Plectodon

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
-	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Poromyida
superfamily	Cuspidarioidea	Dall 1886
family	Cuspidariidae	Dall 1886
genus	Plectodon	Carpenter 1865

Scientific Name

Plectodon Carpenter, 1865

Name Published In

Carpenter P.P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the west coast of North America. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 33 (for 1863): 517-686.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Plectodon	subgenus	belongs to Cuspidaria	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1926
Plectodon	genus	belongs to Cuspidariidae	stated with evidence	Jung, 1996
Plectodon	genus	belongs to Cuspidariidae	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Plectodon	genus	belongs to Pholadomyoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

carnivore

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN/BA, CP according to Todd (2001).

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
Plectodon brazieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plectodon granulatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	13.8 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Plectodon lepidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plectodon ligula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plectodon pruinosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plectodon regalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plectodon scaber species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1864	Plectodon Carpenter
1926	Cuspidaria (Plectodon) Gardner p. 64
1996	Plectodon Jung p. 44
2001	Plectodon Todd
2002	Plectodon Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Jung P. (1996) Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic: 17. The familes Cuspidariidae and Verticordiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia), Bulletins of American Paleontology 110 351, 35-54

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]

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

Poutiers, J. M.; Bernard, F. R. (1995). Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 107-187. - via World Register of Marine Species

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

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)

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

Rep. Brit. Ass., 33 (1863 Newcastle-upon-Tyne), 611 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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