| Source Data | |
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Spanilidae : Spanila |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cyrtodontida : Spanilidae : Spanila |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Spanila Barrande, 1881 |
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| Name Published In | Syst. silur. Centre Bohême, Rech. Pal., 6 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Spanila | genus | belongs to Lunulacardiidae | stated with evidence | Vokes, 1980 | | Spanila | genus | belongs to Pterioida | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 | | Spanila | genus | belongs to Spanilidae | stated with evidence | Kíž, 2007 | | Spanila | genus | belongs to Spanilidae | stated without evidence | Bouchet et al., 2010 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 431 - 427 Ma
Silurian |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 409 - 403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian |
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| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Pteriomorphia) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Pteriomorphia) |
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| Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Cox et al. (1969) |
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| Taphonomy | intermediate,minor folds, major ribbing |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Barrande. 1881. Système Silurien de Centre de la Bohême. Volume VI: Acéphales. Système Silurien de Centre de la Bohême. Volume VI: Acéphales |
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| Barrande J. Système Silurien de Centre de la Bohême. Volume VI: Acéphales, Système Silurien de Centre de la Bohême. Volume VI: Acéphales, 1-342 |
| Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue |
| Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
| Kíž J. (2007) Origin, evolution and classification of the new superorder Nepiomorpha (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Lower Palaeozoic), Palaeontology 50 6, 1341-1365 |
| 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 |
| GBIF/Paleo Database - 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 |
| Syst. silur. Centre Bohême, Rech. Pal., 6 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Spanila ✝
