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Pseudanodonta
Description | Pseudanodonta is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudanodonta, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionidae : Pseudanodonta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pseudanodonta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1877 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bourguignat, J.R. 1877. ? . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | P. Bouchet, J.-P. Rocroi, and R. Bieler, J. G. Carter, E. V. Coan. 2010. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2):1-184 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudanodonta |
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Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pseudanodonta complanata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudanodonta middendorffi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Rayana Servain, 1890 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionidae : Rayana |
Complanatiana Servain, 1890 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionidae : Complanatiana |
Elongatiana Servain, 1888 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionidae : Elongatiana |
Scrupeana Servain, 1890 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionidae : Scrupeana |
Pseuanodonta Kennard & Woodward, 1926 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionidae : Pseuanodonta |
Rossmassleriana Servain, 1890 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionidae : Rossmassleriana |
Pseudoanodonta Picaglia, 1893 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionidae : Pseudoanodonta |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1877 | Pseudanodonta Bourguignat |
2010 | Pseudanodonta Bouchet et al. |
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!