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Claraioides ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4592591	https://www.gbif.org/species/4592591
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	81176	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=81176

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pterinopectinidae : Claraioides

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pterinopectinidae : Claraioides

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
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
-	Aviculopectinoidei	Starobogatov 1992
superfamily	Pterinopectinoidea	Newell 1938
family	Pterinopectinidae	Newell 1938
genus	Claraioides	Fang 1993

Scientific Name

Claraioides Fang, 1993

Name Published In

Acta Palaeontol Sin 32 (6), Nov

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Claraioides	genus	belongs to Pterinopectinidae	stated with evidence	Fang, 1993
Claraioides	genus	subjective synonym of Claraia	stated without evidence	Newell and Boyd, 1995
Claraioides	genus	belongs to Pterinopectinidae	stated without evidence	Kotlyar et al., 2004
Claraioides	genus	subjective synonym of Claraia	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

stationary (based on Pectinida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pectinida)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Pterinopectinidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

Z. J. Fang. 1993. On "Claraia" (Bivalvia) of the Late Permian. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 32(6):654-661

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Claraia caucasica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Claraia diana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Claraia primitiva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Claraioides caucasicus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Claraioides dianus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Claraioides labensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Claraioides primitivus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1993	Claraioides Fang p. 653
2004	Claraioides Kotlyar et al. p. 524

References

Fang Z. J. (1993) On "Claraia" (Bivalvia) of the Late Permian, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 32 6, 654-661

Kotlyar G. V., Zakharov Y. D., et al (2004) Late Changhsingian fauna of the northwestern Caucasus Mountains, Russia, Journal of Paleontology 78 3, 513-527

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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Acta Palaeontol Sin 32 (6), Nov - 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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