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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2287638	https://www.gbif.org/species/2287638
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17546	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17546

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Cyclinella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Cyclinella

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	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Meretricinae	Gray 1847
tribe	Meretricini	Gray 1847
subfamily	Cyclinina
genus	Cyclinella	Dall 1902

Scientific Name

Cyclinella Dall, 1902

Name Published In

Nautilus, 16

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cyclinella	genus	belongs to Cyclininae	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1982
Cyclinella	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Cyclinella	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (40%)

First Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Veneridae)

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
Cyclinella beteyensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	16.0 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Cyclinella cyclica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		56	20.4 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Cyclinella falconensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Cyclinella galera ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Cyclinella harrisi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cyclinella jadisi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Cyclinella plasiatenuis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclinella producta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclinella subquadrata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cyclinella tenuis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Dosinia cyclica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1902	Cyclinella Dall
1982	Cyclinella Woodring p. 696
1992	Cyclinella Perrilliat p. 15
2001	Cyclinella Todd
2002	Cyclinella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F

Perrilliat M. C. (1992) Bivalvos y gasterópodos de la formacion Ferrotepec (Mioceno Medio) de Michoacan, Paleontologia Mexicana 60, 1-48

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]

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)

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

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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