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Gaimardia

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Description

Gaimardia is a genus of plants in the Restionaceae family. It has a disjunct distribution in New Zealand, New Guinea, Tasmania and extreme southern South America.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaimardia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8550013	https://www.gbif.org/species/8550013
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17671	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17671

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Gaimardiidae : Gaimardia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Gaimardiidae : Gaimardia

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	Gaimardioidea
family	Gaimardiidae	Hedley 1916
genus	Gaimardia	Gould 1852

Scientific Name

Gaimardia Gould, 1852

Name Published In

Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston. 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Gaimardia	genus	belongs to Gaimardiidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Gaimardia	genus	belongs to Gaimardiidae	stated without evidence	Stilwell and Zinsmeister, 1992
Gaimardia	genus	belongs to Gaimardiidae	implied	Lamprell and Healy, 1998
Gaimardia	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Gaimardia	genus	belongs to Gaimardiidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (33%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Veneroidei)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Veneroidei)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaimardia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Gaimardia (Neogaimardia) subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Gaimardia adamsiorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gaimardia asinuata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gaimardia bahamondei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gaimardia coccinea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gaimardia elegantula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gaimardia finlayi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gaimardia flemingi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Gaimardia forsteriana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gaimardia kerguelensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gaimardia mesembrina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gaimardia minutissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gaimardia rostellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gaimardia tasmanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gaimardia trapesina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gaimardia zinsmeisteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Gaimarda Gray, 1855	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Gaimardiidae : *Gaimarda*
Modiolaria Gray, 1842	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Gaimardiidae : *Modiolaria*
Neogaimardia Odhner, 1924	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Gaimardiidae : *Neogaimardia*
Modiolarea Beddome, 1883	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Gaimardiidae : *Modiolarea*
Modiolacra Hutton, 1873	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Gaimardiidae : *Modiolacra*
Phaseolicama Rousseau, 1854	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Gaimardiidae : *Phaseolicama*
Progaimardia Ponder, 1971	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Gaimardiidae : *Progaimardia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1852	Gaimardia Gould
1980	Gaimardia Vokes p. 156
1992	Gaimardia Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 68
1998	Gaimardia Lamprell and Healy p. 164
2002	Gaimardia Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Gaimardia Bouchet et al.

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

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

Lamprell K., Healy J. (1998) , Bivalves of Australia 2

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

Aphia2006 - 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

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

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

U. S. Expl. Exp., 12, Moll. & Shells - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - 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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