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Aphanaia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3248067	https://www.gbif.org/species/3248067
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16484	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16484

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Kolymiidae : Aphanaia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Atomodesmatidae : Aphanaia

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
-	Myalinata	Paul 1939
order	Myalinida	Paul 1939
superfamily	Inoceramoidea	Giebel 1852
family	Atomodesmatidae	Waterhouse 1976
subfamily	Atomodesmatinae
genus	Aphanaia	Koninck 1878

Scientific Name

Aphanaia Koninck, 1878

Name Published In

Mém. Soc. Sci. Liége, (2) 7

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aphanaia	genus	belongs to Inoceramidae	stated without evidence	Vokes, 1980
Aphanaia	subgenus	belongs to Atomodesma	stated with evidence	Pagani, 2000
Aphanaia	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Aphanaia	genus	belongs to Atomodesmatinae	stated with evidence	Biakov, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

296 - 290 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Pteriomorphia)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pteriomorphia)

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
Aphanaia andrianovi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Aphanaia budnikovi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Aphanaia dilatata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Aphanaia dulgalakhensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Aphanaia erectum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Aphanaia haibensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Aphanaia judomensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Aphanaia kletzi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Aphanaia korkodonica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Aphanaia kutygini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Aphanaia lobanovae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Aphanaia mitchelli ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	272 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Aphanaia orbirugata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Aphanaia otamaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Aphanaia pogorewitschi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Aphanaia sakya ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Aphanaia salinaria ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Aphanaia stepanovi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	272 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Aphanaia tivertonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Aphanaia waterhousei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Atomodesma andrianovi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atomodesma pogorevitschi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atomodesma stepanovi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Inoceramus mitchellii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Liebea salinaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Maitaia lobanovae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Aphania Tryon, 1884	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Kolymiidae : *Aphania*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1877	Aphanaia Koninck p. 302
1980	Aphanaia Vokes p. 40
2000	Atomodesma (Aphanaia) Pagani p. 307
2002	Aphanaia Sepkoski, Jr.
2008	Aphanaia Biakov p. 240

References

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

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Pagani M. A. (2000) Bivalvos del Permico inferior de la Formacion Bonete, Sierras Australes (provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Ameghiniana 37, 301-320

Biakov A. S. (2008) New ideas on the system of the Permian Inoceramus-like bivalves of the eastern Boreal Zone, Paleontological Journal 42 3, 232-242

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

Mém. Soc. Sci. Liége, (2) 7 - 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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