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Autobranchia
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Rank | subclass (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Autobranchia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 18,862 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3,554 (19%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Giribet and W. Wheeler. 2002. On bivalve phylogeny: a high-level analysis of the Bivalvia (Mollusca) based on combined morphology and DNA sequence data. Invertebrate Biology 121(4):271-324 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Heteroconchia infraclass | listed (PBDB) | 87,225 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Pteriomorphia infraclass | listed (PBDB) | 85,625 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Cercomyidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Palaeocardiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 443 Ma Silurian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Cardiolarioidea ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pteriomorpha unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1894 | Autolamellibranchiata Grobben |
1894 | Autobranchia Groblen |
1987 | Lamellibranchia Purchon |
1996 | Autolamellibranchiata Salvini-Plawen and Steiner |
2002 | Autolamellibranchiata Giribet and Wheeler |
2006 | Autolamellibranchiata Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 228 |
Year | Name and Author |
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2008 | Autobranchia Hikuroa and Grant-Mackie |
2008 | Autolamellibranchiata Mikkelsen and Bieler p. 19 |
2009 | Autobranchia Nevesskaja |
2010 | Autobranchia Bouchet et al. |
2011 | Autobranchia Carter et al. p. 6 |
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!