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Anthracosioidea

Bivalvia - Cardiida

Taxonomy
Anthracosiacea was named by Amalizky (1892) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6010].

It was corrected as Anthracosioidea by Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Unionoida by Newell (1965) and Vokes (1980); to Heterodonta by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Anthracosiidina by Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Anthracosiacea Amalizky
1965Anthracosiacea Newell p. 18
1980Anthracosiacea Vokes p. 71
2010Anthracosioidea Bouchet et al.
2011Anthracosioidea Carter et al. p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderAnthracosiidinaSilantiev and Carter 2011
superfamilyAnthracosioidea(Amalizky 1892)
superfamilyAnthracosioidea(Amalizky 1892)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. †Anthracosioidea Amalizky 1892
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Fm. †Anthracosiidae Amalizky 1892
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G. †Anthracomya Salter 1862
G. †Carbonicola MacCoy 1855
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Carbonicola acuta Sowerby 1821
Carbonicola aquilina Sowerby 1836
Carbonicola similis Brown 1843
Invalid names: Anthracosia King 1856 [synonym]
G. †Unionites Wissman 1841
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Unionites albertii Assmann 1915
Unionites bittneri Frech 1907
Unionites borealis Spath 1935
Unionites breviformis Spath 1935
Unionites brevis von Schauroth 1857
Unionites canalensis Catullo 1847
Unionites donacinus Schlotheim 1820
Unionites elisabethae Patte 1926
Unionites fassaensis Wissmann 1841
Unionites gregarius Quenstedt 1858
Unionites griesbachi Bittner 1899
Unionites jacobi Stache 1878
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Invalid names: Allorisma tirolense Stache 1878 [synonym], Anthracosia ladina Stache 1878 [synonym]
Unionites kobyumensis Biakov and Kutygin 2021
Unionites letticus Quenstedt 1852
Unionites manmuensis Reed 1927
Unionites minimus Mansuy 1919
Unionites muensteri Wissmann 1841
Unionites ovalis Trechmann 1917
Unionites posterus Frass 1859
Unionites rhomboidalis Chen and Zhang 1974
Unionites sorokovi Kurushin 1992
Unionites spicatus Chen 1976
Unionites subrectus Bittner 1901
Unionites trapezoidalis Mansuy 1919
Invalid names: Anodontophora Cossmann 1897 [synonym], Myacites Schlotheim 1820 [replaced]
Fm. †Carbonicolidae Cox 1932
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Subfm. †Oligodontellinae Starobogatov 1987
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G. †Oligodontella Gusev 1963
Invalid names: Carbonicolinae Cox 1932 [empty]
Fm. †Ferganoconchidae Martinson 1956
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G. †Ferganoconcha Ljutkevitch and Nalivkin 1960
Fm. †Shaanxiconchidae Liu 1980
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G. †Shaanxiconcha Liu 1980
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Fm. Sinomyidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979
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G. †Sinomya Pogorevich 1977
G. †Yananoconcha Yu and Zhang 1980
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Yananoconcha minor Yu and Zhang 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pendleian to the top of the Aptian or 330.90000 to 113.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 327.0 Ma

Collections (706 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (England) Carbonicola pervetusta (162352)
Namurian - Westphalian330.9 - 307.5Spain Anthracomya sp. (73364)
Kinderscoutian - Marsdenian321.8 - 320.0Ireland Carbonicola sp. (8213)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Lancashire) Carbonicola communis, Carbonicola pseudorobusta, Carbonicola cristagalli (172765)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Carbonicola venusta, Anthracosia regularis, Anthracosia modiolaris (124367)
Westphalian - Stephanian318.7 - 300.4Canada (Nova Scotia) Anthracomya indet. (225475)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Spain (Asturias) Carbonicola carbonaria (225481)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Anthracomya phillipsii (231845)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Germany (Saarland) Anthracomya prolifera (233077 233078)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Texas) Anthracosia sp. (24622)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3South Korea Anthracomya jidoensis (216595)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Anodontophora purdoni (125837 125844) Anodontophora purdoni, Anodontophora conjugens (125807) Cardinia conjugens (119726)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Anodontophora conjugens (127010)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Bosnia and Herzegovina Cleidophorus jacobi (206739)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation (Sakha) Unionites canalensis (206758)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation Unionites kobyumensis (221955)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Italy Allorisma tirolense (232368) Unionites jacobi (230016 230017 230019 230020 230021 230022 230023 230026 230027 230028 230029 230030 230031 230033 230034 230035 230038 230040 230041 230042 230043 230044 230045 230046 230047 230048 230049 230050 230051 230052 230053 230054) Unionites sp. (74939 87192 101937)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Greenland (Northeast Greenland National Park) Anodontophora fassaensis (143870)
Induan252.17 - 251.2China (Zhejiang) Anodontophora fassaensis (109789)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Barentsøya) Anodontophora sp. (212889)