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Basterotia

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2286463	https://www.gbif.org/species/2286463
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17399	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17399

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Galeommatida : Basterotiidae : Basterotia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Sportellidae : Basterotia

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	Leptonidina	Dall 1889
superfamily	Cyamioidea
family	Sportellidae	Dall 1899
genus	Basterotia	Mayer 1859

Scientific Name

Basterotia Mayer, 1859

Name Published In

Hörnes, M. 1859. Ueber die Charaktere von Basterotia œema. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 9: 71-72.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Basterotia	subgenus	belongs to Anisodonta	stated with evidence	Dall, 1900
Basterotia	genus	belongs to Sportellidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1981
Basterotia	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Basterotia	genus	belongs to Basterotiidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

7 (44%)

First Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN/BA, SU according to Todd (2001).

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Basterotia (Basterotella) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		14	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Basterotia (Basterotia) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		10	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Anisodonta bowdeniana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia ambona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia angulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia arcula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia borbonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia californica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia carinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia carolina ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	3.60 Ma Pliocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Basterotia clancula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia corbuloidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia corbuloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia elliptica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia floridana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia gouldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia leporina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia lutea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia maillardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia miocenica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia obliqua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia oblonga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia obtusa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia panamica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia peninsularis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Basterotia prima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	59.2 Ma Paleocene	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Basterotia pustula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia quadrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia regiomolarum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia stimpsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia subalata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Basterotia tricostalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eucharis grandaeva ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Eucharis Récluz, 1850	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Galeommatida : Basterotiidae : *Eucharis*
Harlea Gray, 1842	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Galeommatida : Basterotiidae : *Harlea*
Basterotella Olsson & Harbison, 1953	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Galeommatida : Basterotiidae : *Basterotella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1842	Harlea Gray
1850	Eucharis Récluz
1859	Basterotia Mayer in Hörnes
1900	Anisodonta (Basterotia) Dall p. 1133
1981	Basterotia Vokes p. 160
2002	Basterotia Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Basterotia 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. (1981) Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XXIII. On the occurrence of the genus Basterotia, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 16 3-4, 157-164

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

Goto, Ryutaro; Hamamura, Yoichi; Kato, Makoto. (2011). Morphological and ecological adaptation of Basterotia bivalves (Galeommatoidea: Sportellidae) to symbiotic association with burrowing echiuran worms. Zoological Science. 28(3): 225-234. - via World Register of Marine Species

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Hörnes M. 1859. [Charaktere eines neuen Bivalven-Geschlechtes]. Verhandlungen des Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien, 9: 72-73 - via World Register of Marine Species

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - 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

Abh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien, 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - 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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