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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2286256	https://www.gbif.org/species/2286256
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16204	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16204

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Noetiidae : Arcopsis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Noetiidae : Arcopsis

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	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida
superfamily	Arcoidea
family	Noetiidae	Stewart 1930
genus	Arcopsis	Koenen 1885

Scientific Name

Arcopsis Koenen, 1885

Name Published In

Abh. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, 32

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Arcopsis	subgenus	belongs to Arca	stated with evidence	Oostingh, 1935
Arcopsis	genus	belongs to Noetiidae	stated with evidence	Eames, 1951
Arcopsis	genus	belongs to Striarcinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Arcopsis	genus	belongs to Noetiidae	implied	Lamprell and Healy, 1998
Arcopsis	genus	belongs to Striarcinae	stated with evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Arcopsis	subgenus	belongs to Striarca	stated without evidence	Amano et al., 2000
Arcopsis	genus	belongs to Noetiidae	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Arcopsis	genus	belongs to Arcoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Arcopsis	genus	belongs to Noetiidae	stated with evidence	Coan and Valentich-Scott, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (27%)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

stationary, attached

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: EP, SE, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Arcida)

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
Arcopsis (Arcopsis) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		22	23.0 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Arca (Arcopsis) harrassowitzi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Arca bataviana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arca djoereiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arca gembacana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arca harrassowitzi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arca textilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcopsis adamsi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		62	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Arcopsis afra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcopsis altenai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcopsis caputarisensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcopsis caputavisensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcopsis koubaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcopsis limopsis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcopsis menkrawitensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcopsis sculptilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcopsis solida species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Arcopsis sparsiincisa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Arcopsis symmetrica species	listed (PBDB)		7	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Arcopsis symmrica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Arcopsis textilis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Scapularca Cossmann, 1913	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Noetiidae : *Scapularca*
Fossularca Cossmann, 1887	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Noetiidae : *Fossularca*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1885	Arcopsis Koenen
1935	Arca (Arcopsis) Oostingh p. 128
1951	Arcopsis Eames p. 333
1980	Arcopsis Vokes p. 18
1998	Arcopsis Lamprell and Healy p. 64
2000	Striarca (Arcopsis) Amano et al.
2000	Arcopsis Coan et al. p. 139
2001	Arcopsis Todd
2002	Arcopsis Sepkoski, Jr.
2012	Arcopsis Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 206

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247

Eames F. E. (1951) A Contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: B. Description of the Lamellibranchia from standard sections in the Rakni Nala and Zinda Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 235, 311-482

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Lamprell K., Healy J. (1998) , Bivalves of Australia 2

Amano K., Suzuki M., et al (2000) Warm-water influx into Japan Sea in the middle Pliocene - Molluscan faunas from the Tentokuji FOrmation around Mt. Taihei in Akita Prefecture, Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 106 4, 299-306

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Coan E. V., Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru, Santa Barbara museum of Natural history monographs 6, 1-1258

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

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

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, 32 - 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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