| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Megadesmidae : Megadesmus : Megadesmus globosus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyida : Megadesmidae : Megadesmus : Megadesmus globosus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Megadesmus |
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| Scientific Name | Megadesmus globosus (Sowerby, 1838) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Megadesmus globosus | species | belongs to Megadesmus | stated without evidence | Sowerby, 1838 | | Megadesmus globosus | species | belongs to Pachydomus | stated with evidence | Morris, 1845 | | Megadesmus globosus | species | belongs to Pachydomus | stated without evidence | Etheridge, 1880 | | Megadesmus globosus | species | belongs to Megadesmus | stated with evidence | Runnegar, 1965 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 296 Ma
Paleozoic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma
Permian |
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| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Pholadomyida) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Pholadomyida) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. d. C. Sowerby. 1838. Fossils. In T.L. Mitchell (ed.), Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia 1:14-15 |
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| Sowerby J. d. C. Fossils, Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia 1, 14-15 |
| Morris J. Descriptions of fossils, Mollusca, Physical descriptions of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, 270-290 |
| M'Coy F. XXVIII. On the fossil botany and zoology of the rocks associated with the coal of Australia, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20 134, 298-312 |
| Etheridge Jr. R. On a collection of fossils from the Bowen River coalfield and the limestone of the Fanning River, north Queensland, Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 5, 263-328 |
| Runnegar B. (1965) The bivalves Megadesmus Sowerby and Astartila Dana from the Permian of eastern Australia, Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 12 2, 227-252 |
| Termier G., Termier H., et al (1974) Monographie du Permo-Carbonifère de Wardak (Afghanistan Central), Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon, Hors Série 2, 1-165 |
Megadesmus globosus ✝
