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Cuspidariidae
Description | Cuspidariidae is a family of small marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Cuspidarioidea. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuspidariidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cuspidariidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Poromyida : Cuspidariidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Cuspidariidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Dall W.H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 15 (31%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 242 - 235 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN/BA, CP according to Todd (2001). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | シャクシガイ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuspidariidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Austroneaera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bathyneaera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cardiomya genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 96 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Cuspidaria genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 236 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Halonympha genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Jeffreysomya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Krylovina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kurodamya genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Leiomya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Luzonia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Myonera genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Nordoneaera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Octoporia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Plectodon genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Pseudogrippina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudoneaera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Rengea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Rhinoclama genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Soyomya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Thermomya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tropidomya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Vulcanomya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Neaera (Rhinomya) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Neaera aegyptiaca ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Neaera alternata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Cardiomyidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiomyidae |
Neaeridae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Neaeridae |
Myoneridae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myoneridae |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1834 | Neaera Gray |
1886 | Cuspidariidae Dall |
1964 | Neaera Giers p. 252 |
1965 | Cuspidariidae Newell p. 21 |
1980 | Cuspidariidae Vokes p. 212 |
1983 | Myoneridae Scarlato and Starobogatov |
1984 | Cuspidariidae Squires p. 54 |
Year | Name and Author |
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2000 | Cuspidariidae Coan et al. p. 546 |
2001 | Cuspidariidae Todd |
2006 | Cuspidariidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 231 |
2009 | Cuspidariidae Nevesskaja |
2010 | Cuspidariidae Bouchet et al. |
2011 | Cuspidariidae Carter et al. p. 18 |
2014 | Cuspidariidae Hickman p. 12 |
References
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!