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Monitilora

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4588107	https://www.gbif.org/species/4588107
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17930	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17930

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Monitilora

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Monitilora

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
-	Lucinidia	Gray 1854
order	Lucinida
superfamily	Lucinoidea	Fleming 1828
family	Lucinidae	Fleming 1828
subfamily	Myrteinae	Chavan 1969
genus	Monitilora	Iredale 1930

Scientific Name

Monitilora Iredale, 1930

Name Published In

Iredale T. (1930) More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Monitilora	genus	belongs to Myrteinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Monitilora	genus	belongs to Lucinidae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Monitilora	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Lucinidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

chemosymbiotic (based on Lucinidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Lucinidae)

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
Monitilora (Monitilora) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		16	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Lucina grata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monitilora bonneti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monitilora ramsayi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monitilora sepes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monitilora subtilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1930	Monitilora Iredale
1980	Monitilora Vokes p. 103
1992	Monitilora Lamprell and Whitehead p. 46
2002	Monitilora Sepkoski, Jr.

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

Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1

CAAB - 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

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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

Iredale T. (1930) More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930] - via World Register of Marine Species

Rec. Australian Mus., 17 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Glover, E. A.; Taylor, J. D. (2016). Lucinidae of the Philippines: highest known diversity and ubiquity of chemosymbiotic bivalves from intertidal to bathyal depths (Mollusca: Bivalvia). in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 208: 65-234. - 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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