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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4371499	https://www.gbif.org/species/4371499
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	102971	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=102971

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : Standella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Mactridae : Standella

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
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Mactroidea
family	Mactridae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Mactrinae	Lamarck 1809
genus	Standella	Gray 1853

Scientific Name

Standella Gray, 1853

Name Published In

Gray, J.E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 2, 11: 33-44, 398-402.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Standella	genus	belongs to Mactridae	stated without evidence	Oostingh, 1935
Standella	genus	belongs to Mactrinae	stated without evidence	Stilwell and Zinsmeister, 1992

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (80%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Mactridae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Mactridae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Standella (Eastonia) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	13	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Standella mystrosura ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Standella pellucida species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Standella striatella species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Mactroderma Dall, 1894	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : *Mactroderma*
Electomactra Iredale, 1930	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : *Electomactra*
Mactrodrerma Dall, 1894	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : *Mactrodrerma*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1853	Standella Gray p. 42
1935	Standella Oostingh p. 196
1992	Standella Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 76

References

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J. (1992) Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy, Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247

Aphia2006/E. Africa Mar. Species DB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Aphia2006/E. Africa Mar. Species DB, PaleoDB - 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

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (2) 11 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Gray, J.E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 2, 11: 33-44, 398-402. - via World Register of Marine Species

Adams H. & Adams A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Dall W.H. (1898). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial refrence to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part 4. I. Prionodesmacea, II. Teleodesmacea. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia 3(4): i-viii, 571-947 - via World Register of Marine Species

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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