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Arginella

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3247369https://www.gbif.org/species/3247369
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)135148https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=135148
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Arginella
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Arginella
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassPteriomorphia
-OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
-ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida
superfamilyArcoidea
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyNoetiinaeStewart 1930
genusArginellaMacNeil 1938
Scientific NameArginella MacNeil, 1938
Name Published InProf. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv., 189A
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Arginellagenusbelongs to Noetinaestated with evidenceMacNeil, 1938
Arginellagenusbelongs to Arcidaestated without evidenceRivera, 1957
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance48.6 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentlagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic,brackish,freshwater (based on Arcidae)
Motilityfacultatively mobile, attached (based on Arcidae)
Visionlimited (based on Arcidae)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Arcidae)
Ontogenyaccretion (based on Arcidae)
Taphonomyaragonite,intermediate,minor folds, major ribbing (based on Arcidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. S. MacNeil. 1938. Species and genera of Tertiary Noetinae. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 189(A):1-50

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Arca puntabravoensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Arca samanensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Arginella icaensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
248.6 Ma
Eocene
48.6 Ma
Eocene
Arginella ovalis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Arginella puntabravoensis
species
listed (PBDB)137.2 Ma
Eocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene
Arginella samanensis
species
listed (PBDB)441.3 Ma
Eocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1938Arginella MacNeil p. 28
1957Arginella Rivera p. 190

References

MacNeil F. S. (1938) Species and genera of Tertiary Noetinae, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 189 A, 1-50
Rivera R. (1957) Moluscos fosiles de la Formacion Paracas, Dpto. de Ica, Sociedad Geologica del Peru Primer Congreso Nacional de Geologia Anales - Parte II 32, 165-219
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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
Prof. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv., 189A - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - 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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