| Source Data | |
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Ctenodontidae : Ctenodonta |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Ctenodonta | genus | belongs to Ctenodontidae | stated with evidence | Raymond, 1916 | | Ctenodonta | genus | belongs to Nuculidae | stated without evidence | Isberg, 1934 | | Ctenodonta | genus | belongs to Ctenodontidae | stated with evidence | Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen, 1960 | | Ctenodonta | genus | belongs to Ctenodontidae | stated without evidence | Hayami and Kase, 1977 | | Ctenodonta | genus | belongs to Ctenodontidae | stated with evidence | Vokes, 1980 | | Ctenodonta | genus | misspelling of Ctenodonta | stated without evidence | Vokes, 1980 | | Ctenodonta | genus | belongs to Ctenodontidae | stated with evidence | Babin and Gutiérrez-Marco, 1991 | | Ctenodonta | genus | belongs to Nuculoida | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 | | Ctenodonta | genus | belongs to Ctenodontidae | stated without evidence | Fang, 2006 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 48 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 345 - 343 Ma
Carboniferous |
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| Motility | facultatively mobile, attached (based on Ctenodonta) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Diet | deposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Ctenodonta) |
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| Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Cox et al. (1969). LIFE HISTORY: Data from Meyer et al (2009); appears to have byssal attachment; modern nuculanids are predominantly deposit feeders but can suspension feed. |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
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| Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
| Raymond P. E. (1916) The Pelecypoda of the Chazy Formation, Annals of the Carnegie Museum 328, 325-343 |
| Isberg O. (1934) Studien über Lamellibranchiaten des Leptaenakalkes in Dalarna, Håkan Ohlssons Buchdruckerei, 1-493 |
| Soot-Ryen H., Soot-Ryen T. (1960) The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo region, Norway: 11, Pelecypoda, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 40 2, 81-122 |
| Cox L. R., Newell N. D., et al (1969) Mollusca 6: Bivalvia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1, N1-N489 |
| Toni R. T. (1975) Upper Ordovician bivalves from the Oslo Region, Norway, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 55 2, 135-156 |
| Hayami I., Kase T. (1977) A systematic survey of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic Gastropoda and Paleozoic Bivalvia from Japan, University of Tokyo Bulletin 13 |
| Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue |
| Babin C, Gutiérrez-Marco J C (1991) Middle Ordovician bivalves from Spain and their phyletic and palaeogeographic significance, Palaeontology 34, 109-147 |
| Fang Z.-J. (2006) An introduction to Ordovician bivalves of southern China, with a discussion of the early evolution of the Bivalvia, Geological Journal 41, 303-328 |
| 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 |
Ctenodonta ✝
