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Chaenomya nuraensis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4950711	https://www.gbif.org/species/4950711
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	134588	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=134588

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Chaenomya : Chaenomya nuraensis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyida : Pholadomyidae : Chaenomya : Chaenomya nuraensis

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
-	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Pholadomyida
superfamily	Pholadomyoidea	King 1844
family	Pholadomyidae	King 1844
subfamily	Chaenomyinae	Waterhouse 1966
genus	Chaenomya	Meek 1864
species	Chaenomya nuraensis	Dickins 1963

Generic Name

Chaenomya

Scientific Name

Chaenomya nuraensis Dickins, 1963

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Chaenomya nuraensis	species	belongs to Chaenomya	stated with evidence	Dickins, 1963

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

296 - 290 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

296 - 290 Ma
Permian

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Pholadomyidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pholadomyidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Pholadomyidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. M. Dickins. 1963. Permian pelecypods and gastropods from western Australia. Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 63:1-203

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1963	Chaenomya nuraensis Dickins p. 52 figs. Pl 6, figs 10-14

References

Dickins J. M. (1963) Permian pelecypods and gastropods from western Australia, Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 63, 1-203

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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