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Lyonsia

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Description

Lyonsiidae is a family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Anomalodesmata.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyonsia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2288590	https://www.gbif.org/species/2288590
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18759	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18759

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lyonsiidae : Lyonsia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pandorida : Lyonsiidae : Lyonsia

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	Pandorida	Stewart 1930
superfamily	Pandoroidea
family	Lyonsiidae	Fischer 1887
genus	Lyonsia	W.Turton 1822

Scientific Name

Lyonsia W.Turton, 1822

Name Published In

Conch. Insul. Brit., xvii

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lyonsia	genus	belongs to Lyonsiidae	stated with evidence	Deshayes, 1857
Lyonsia	genus	belongs to Lyonsiidae	stated without evidence	Eames, 1951
Lyonsia	genus	belongs to Pholadomyoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Lyonsia	genus	belongs to Lyonsiidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (43%)

First Recorded Appearance

201 - 197 Ma
Early Jurassic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Lyonsiidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Lyonsiidae)

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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyonsia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lyonsia acuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia adriatica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia alvarezii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia arcaeformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia arenosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Lyonsia bracteata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia californica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia celeste species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia concava species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia cucumerina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia doris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia excavata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia floridana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia grandis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia granulifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia heberti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lyonsia hyalina species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Lyonsia kawamurai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia malvinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia morgani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia nana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia nesiotes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia nitida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia normaniana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia norvegica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia norwegica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia nuculaniformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia oahuensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia pakistanica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lyonsia praetenuis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia pratenius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia ricordeana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia shimkevitch species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia subaequilateralis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lyonsia taiwanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia teramachii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia ventricosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyonsia venturaensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Lyonsia vniroi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Bentholyonsia Habe, 1952	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lyonsiidae : *Bentholyonsia*
Pandorina Scacchi, 1833	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lyonsiidae : *Pandorina*
Lyonna d'Orbigny, 1850	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lyonsiidae : *Lyonna*
Arenolyonsia Nordsieck, 1969	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lyonsiidae : *Arenolyonsia*
Glabrolyonsia Lan & Okutani, 2002	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lyonsiidae : *Glabrolyonsia*
Rectilyonsiella Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1983	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lyonsiidae : *Rectilyonsiella*
Lionsia Brown, 1844	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lyonsiidae : *Lionsia*
Magdala T.Brown, 1827	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lyonsiidae : *Magdala*
Myatella T.Brown, 1833	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lyonsiidae : *Myatella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1822	Lyonsia Turton
1833	Pandorina Scacchi p. 156
1857	Lyonsia Deshayes
1951	Lyonsia Eames p. 449
1999	Lyonsia Wienrich p. 258
2002	Lyonsia Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Lyonsia Bouchet et al.

References

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

Deshayes G.P. , Description des Animaux sans Vertébres découverts dans le Bassin des Paris 1 2, 81-392

Eames F. E. (1951) A Contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: B. Description of the Lamellibranchia from standard sections in the Rakni Nala and Zinda Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 235, 311-482

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

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Conch. Insul. Brit., xvii - 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/Ruppert et al., 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

http://species-identification.org/ - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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