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| Rank | family |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Spheniopsidae |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Poromyida : Spheniopsidae |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Spheniopsidae |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Spheniopsidae | family | belongs to Myacea | stated with evidence | Newell, 1965 | | Spheniopsidae | family | belongs to Myoidea | stated without evidence | Coan et al., 2000 | | Spheniopsidae | family | belongs to Anomalodesmata | stated with evidence | Bieler and Mikkelsen, 2006 | | Spheniopsidae | family | belongs to Cuspidarioidea | stated without evidence | Bouchet et al., 2010 | | Spheniopsidae | family | belongs to Cuspidarioidea | stated with evidence | Carter et al., 2011 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene |
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| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Cuspidarioidea) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Cuspidarioidea) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) |
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| 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 |
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| Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue |
| Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25 |
| 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 |
| Bieler R., Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Bivalvia - a look at the branches, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148, 223-235 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss, 1989: null. A classification of the living Mollusca. xii+195. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Marshall B.A. (2002). Some Recent Thraciidae, Periplomatidae, Myochamidae, Cuspidariidae and Spheniopsidae (Anomalodesmata) from the New Zealand region and referral of Thracia reinga Crozier, 1966 and Scintillona benthicola Dell, 1956 to Tellimya Brown, 1827(Montacutidae) (Mollusca : Bivalvia). Molluscan Research. 22(3), 221-288. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Morton, B.; Machado, F. M.; Passos, F. D. (2016). The organs of prey capture and digestion in the miniature predatory bivalve Spheniopsis brasiliensis (Anomalodesmata: Cuspidarioidea: Spheniopsidae) expose a novel life-history trait. Journal of Natural History. 50(27-28): 1725-1748. - via World Register of Marine Species |
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