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Monopleura

Description

Monopleura is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Monopleuridae. These fossils have been dated back to the Cretaceous Period (145.5 million to 66 million years ago).


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5429847https://www.gbif.org/species/5429847
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)18614https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18614
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Monopleuridae : Monopleura
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Monopleuridae : Monopleura
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderHippuritida
suborderRadiolitidinaSkelton 2013
superfamilyRadiolitoideaGray 1848
familyMonopleuridaeMunier-Chalmas 1873
genusMonopleuraMatheron 1842
Scientific NameMonopleura Matheron, 1842
Name Published InMatheron, P. (1843). Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des corps organisés fossiles du départment des Bouches-du-Rhône et lieux circonvoisins. Répertoire des travaux de la Société de statistique de Marseille. 6: 81-341.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Monopleuragenusbelongs to Caprotinidaestated without evidenceSteuber, 2002
Monopleuragenusbelongs to Hippuritoidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Monopleuragenusbelongs to Monopleuridaestated without evidenceBouchet et al., 2010
Monopleuragenusbelongs to Monopleuridaestated with evidenceSkelton, 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance140 - 136 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Hippuritida)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Hippuritida)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Hippuritida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Hippuritida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopleura

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Monopleura aliena
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Monopleura cumulus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Monopleura falgasi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
383.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Monopleura figolina
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
283.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Monopleura jamaicensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Monopleura marcida
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Monopleura michaillensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Monopleura pingniscula
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Monopleura pinguiscula
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1842Monopleura Matheron
2002Monopleura Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Monopleura Steuber
2010Monopleura Bouchet et al.
2013Monopleura Skelton

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Steuber T. (2002) Web Catalogue of the Hippuritoidea (rudist bivalves), http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/sediment/rudinet/index.htm
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201
Skelton P. W. (2013) Rudist classification for the revised Bivalvia volumes of the "Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology", Caribbean Journal of Earth Science 45, 9-33
Catal. méth. Foss. B. du Rhône - 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 unverified - 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 (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Matheron, P. (1843). Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des corps organisés fossiles du départment des Bouches-du-Rhône et lieux circonvoisins. Répertoire des travaux de la Société de statistique de Marseille. 6: 81-341. - 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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