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Mesodesmatidae

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Description

Mesodesmatidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesodesmatidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3453	https://www.gbif.org/species/3453
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	61103	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61103

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mesodesmatidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Mesodesmatidae

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	Mactroidea
family	Mesodesmatidae	Gray 1840

Scientific Name

Mesodesmatidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mesodesmatidae	family	belongs to Mactracea	stated without evidence	Glenn, 1904
Mesodesmatidae	family	belongs to Mactracea	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Mesodesmatidae	family	belongs to Mactroidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Mesodesmatidae	family	belongs to Mactroidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Mesodesmatidae	family	belongs to Mactroidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

13 (45%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Mactroidea)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Mactroidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Common Name(s)

チドリマスオガイ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesodesmatidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Davilinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		7	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Mesodesmatinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		41	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Amarilladesma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anapella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Atactodea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Ceronia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coecella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Davila genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Donacilla genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Mesodesma genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		35	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Myadesma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	48.6 Ma Eocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Paphies genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Regterenia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Soleilletia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spondervilia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ervilia oligocaenica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ervilia veracruzana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1840	Mesodesmatidae Gray
1904	Mesodesmatidae Glenn p. 284
1922	Myadesmidae Clark p. 115
1923	Myadesmidae Clark and Arnold p. 152
1962	Donacillidae Macpherson and Gabriel
1980	Mesodesmatidae Vokes p. 139

Year	Name and Author
1989	Mesodesmatidae Saul p. 200
2009	Mesodesmatidae Nevesskaja
2010	Mesodesmatidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Mesodesmatidae Carter et al. p. 16
2016	Mesodesmatidae Signorelli and Carter p. 209 figs. Table 1

References

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

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

Clark B. L. (1922) A new family and new genus from the Tertiary of the Pacific coast, University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 4, 115-122

Clark B. L., Arnold R. (1923) Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 5, 123-234

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

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

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Signorelli J. H., Carter J. G. (2016) The Anatinellidae and Kymatoxinae: A reassessment of their affinities within the superfamily Mactroidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia), American Malacological Bulletin 33 2, 204-211

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Lamy E. 1914. Révision des Mesodesmatidae vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie 62: 1-74. - via World Register of Marine Species

Beu A. G. (1971). Genera of the bivalve family Mesodesmatidae, with comments on some australian species. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2 (2): 113-131 - via World Register of Marine Species

Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. - via World Register of Marine Species

de Rooij-Schuiling L.A. 1972. Systematic notes on the Mesodesmatidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia), and descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies. Zoologische Mededelingen 46(5): 55-68. - 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)

Lamy E. 1914. Révision des Mesodesmatidae vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie 62: 1-74. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

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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