Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Synonym: Aviculoperna
Parent taxon: Isognomidae according to Y. S. Repin 2013
See also Chiesa et al. 1995, Cox et al. 1969, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999, Hickman 2023, Kensley and Pether 1986, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Lazo and Damborenea 2011, Matsubara 2002, Moore 1983, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004, Vokes 1980 and Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Bathyisognomon, Crenatula, Crenatulinae, Gervilleioperna, Leproconcha, Linsdallia, Lithiotis, Melininae, Mytiloperna, Pernariinae, Rostroperna, Yunshanoperna, Waagenoperna, Pedalion
Subtaxa: Isognomon (Hippochaeta) Isognomon (Iranognomon) Isognomon (Isognomon) Isognomon (Melina) Isognomon (Mulletia) Isognomon (Parviperna) Isognomon (Semignomon) Isognomon alatus Isognomon bicolor Isognomon gariesensis Isognomon gaudichaudi Isognomon isognomoides Isognomon isognomon Isognomon isognomonoides Isognomon legumen Isognomon maxillata Isognomon nucleus Isognomon orientalis Isognomon perna Isognomon quadrisulcata Isognomon radiatus Isognomon repini Isognomon valvanoi
Type: Ostrea isognomon
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cuba (2 collections), Jamaica (2), Mexico (1), Panama (1), South Africa (2), United States (6: Florida, Hawaii)
• Pliocene of Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (1), Panama (2), South Africa (6), United States (1: Virginia)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (4), Argentina (5), Austria (8), Chile (1), France (2), Greenland (1), Japan (1), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), Poland (3), United States (54: California, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (2), Germany (3), United States (3: Oregon)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), France (1), Japan (8), United States (7: California, Washington)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Pakistan (1)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), China (1), France (1), United States (4: Alabama, South Carolina, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3), Bulgaria (1), Chile (1), Germany (2), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (14), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (5), Nigeria (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (5), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (2), Spain (1), Sweden (3), Turkmenistan (1), USSR (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (16: Alabama, Alaska, California, Georgia, North Carolina)
• Heterian of New Zealand (1)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (21), Canada (2: British Columbia), Chile (10), China (1), France (28), Germany (5), Greenland (84), Hong Kong (1), India (2), Iran (2), Japan (2), Madagascar (1), Poland (1), Portugal (47), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (4), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (48), United States (23: Utah, Wyoming)
• Triassic of Austria (5), Hungary (4), Iran (2), Italy (4), Spain (1)
• Permian of China (3)
Total: 525 collections including 545 occurrences
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