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Glossidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae

Taxonomy
Glossidae was named by Gray (1847) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5178]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Glossacea by Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980); and to Glossoidea by Ward (1992), Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Glossidae Gray
1857Bucardiidae Adams and Adams
1937Isocardiidae Popenoe p. 389
1977Glossidae Adegoke p. 277
1980Glossidae Vokes p. 160
1992Glossidae Ward p. 97
2009Glossidae Nevesskaja
2010Glossidae Bouchet et al.
2011Glossidae Carter et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyGlossoidea(Gray 1847)
familyGlossidaeGray 1847
familyGlossidaeGray 1847

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.

Fm. Glossidae Gray 1847
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G. Glossus Poli 1795
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Subg. Glossus (Glossus) Poli 1795
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Miocardiopsis korobkovi Meszaros 1957
Glossus aquilinus Coquand 1862
Glossus filosus Conrad 1854
Glossus fraterna Say 1824
Glossus markoei Conrad 1842
Glossus marylandica Schoonover 1941
Glossus mazlea Glenn 1904
Glossus moreauensis Meerk and Hayden 1861
Glossus santamaria Ward 1992
Glossus slatana Stephenson 1952
G. Meiocardia Adams and A. 1857
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Meiocardia agassizi Dall 1886
Meiocardia carolinae Harris 1919
Meiocardia colombiana Clark and Durham 1946
Meiocardia susukii Squires and Advocate 1986
Miocardia atava Traub 1938
G. †Rakhia
Invalid names: Bucardiidae Adams and Adams 1857 [synonym], Isocardiidae [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IA, SE, UN/BA, SU according to Todd (2001).f
Created: 2009-08-18 18:16:53
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:39:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Holocene or 426.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 419.62 Ma

Collections (341 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62Algeria Isocardia insocialis (27209)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Megalodon buchii (144634)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4China (Guangdong) Isocardioides yini (201153)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Italy (Lombardy) Isocardia azzarolae, Isocardia parvula (38083)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Italy Isocardia azzarolae (204938)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5France Isocardia sp. (39215)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (Yukon) Isocardia sp. (34240)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5France Isocardia sp. (39380)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Isocardia sp. (34221)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Isocardia liasina (33611)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Isocardia liasina (33660 33662 33666 33882 33890)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (Yukon) Isocardia sp. (34222)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Canada (Yukon) Isocardia sp. (34227)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9Germany Isocardia cordata (228458)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Chile (ChaƱaral) Isocardia sp. (223620)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Isocardia sp. (13148)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Ethiopia Isocardia sp. (94588)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Isocardia sp. (113006)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21France (Normandy) Isocardia parvula (23539)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Chile Isocardia koeneni (57148)