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Colpomyidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4587202	https://www.gbif.org/species/4587202
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	65217	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=65217

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Colpomyidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Colpomyida : Colpomyidae

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
-	Mytilomorphi	Ferussac 1822
order	Colpomyida	Carter 2011
superfamily	Colpomyoidea	Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
family	Colpomyidae	Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977

Scientific Name

Colpomyidae

Name Published In

Pojeta, J. Jr.; Gilbert-Tomlinson, J. (1977). Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs. Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin. 174:1–64 p., 29 pl.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Colpomyidae	family	belongs to Mytilacea	stated with evidence	Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson, 1977
Colpomyidae	family	belongs to Modiomorphacea	stated without evidence	Sánchez, 2001
Colpomyidae	family	belongs to Modiolopsoidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Colpomyidae	family	belongs to Colpomyoidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

477 - 472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Pteriomorphia)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pteriomorphia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson. 1977. Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 174:1-64

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Colpantyx ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	485 Ma Cambrian	477 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Xestoconcha ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	485 Ma Cambrian	477 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1977	Colpomyidae Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson p. 27
2001	Colpomyidae Sánchez p. 190
2010	Colpomyidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Colpomyidae Carter et al. p. 6

References

Pojeta J., Gilbert-Tomlinson J. (1977) Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 174, 1-64

Sánchez T. M. (2001) Moluscos bivalvos de la Formación Molles (Arenigiano medio), sierra de Famatina, Argenitna, Ameghiniana 38 2, 185-193

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

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

Carter, J. G.; Altaba, C. R.; Anderson, L. C.; Araujo, R.; Biakov, A. S.; Bogan, A. E.; Campbell, D. C.; Campbell, M.; Jin-hua, C.; Cope, J. C. W.; Delvene, G.; Dijkstra, H. H.; Zong-jie, F.; Gardner, R. N.; Gavrilova, V. A.; Goncharova, I. A.; Harries, P. J.; Hartman, J. H.; Hautmann, M.; Hoeh, W. R.; Hylleberg, J.; Bao-yu, J.; Johnston, P.; Kirkendale, L.; Kleemann, K.; Koppka, J.; Kříž, J.; Machado, D.; Malchus, N.; Márquez-Aliaga, A.; Masse, J.-P.; McRoberts, C. A.; Middelfart, P.U.; Mitchell, S.; Nevesskaja, L. A.; Özer, S.; Pojeta, J. Jr.; Polubotko, I.V.; Pons, J. M.; Popov, S.; Sánchez, T.; Sartori, A. F.; Scott, R. W.; Sey, I. I.; Signorelli, J. H.; Silantiev, V. V.; Skelton, P. W.; Steuber, T.; Waterhouse, J. B.; Wingard, G. L.; Yancey, T. (2011). A synoptical classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). Paleontological Contributions. 4: 1-47. - 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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