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Hysteroconcha (Lamelliconcha) protophilippinarum ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	111659	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=111659

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Lamelliconcha : Hysteroconcha (Lamelliconcha) protophilippinarum

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	Callocardiinae
genus	Lamelliconcha	Dall 1902
species	Hysteroconcha (Lamelliconcha) protophilippinarum	(Noetling 1901)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hysteroconcha (Lamelliconcha) protophilippinarum	species	belongs to Dione	stated with evidence	Noetling, 1901
Hysteroconcha (Lamelliconcha) protophilippinarum	species	belongs to Hysteroconcha (Lamelliconcha)	stated with evidence	Mukerjee, 1939

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Lamelliconcha)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Lamelliconcha)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Veneridae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. N. Mukerjee. 1939. Fossil fauna from the Tertiary of Garo Hills, Assam. Palaeontologia Indica 28(1):1-101

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1901	Dione protophilippinarum Noetling p. 209 figs. pl. 13, figs. 5-9
1939	Hysteroconcha (Lamelliconcha) protophilippinarum Mukerjee p. 21

Mukerjee P. N. (1939) Fossil fauna from the Tertiary of Garo Hills, Assam, Palaeontologia Indica 28 1, 1-101

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!