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Frejidae

Bivalvia - Arcida - Frejidae

Taxonomy
Frejidae was named by Ratter and Cope (1998).

It was assigned to Arcoidea by Ratter and Cope (1998), Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Frejidae Ratter and Cope
2009Frejdidae Nevesskaja
2010Frejidae Bouchet et al.
2011Frejidae Carter et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyFrejidaeRatter and Cope 1998
familyFrejidaeRatter and Cope 1998

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. †Frejidae Ratter and Cope 1998
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G. †Freja Liljedahl 1984
G. †Trecanolia Ratter and Cope 1998
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Trecanolia acincta Ratter and Cope 1998
G. †Uskardita Ratter and Cope 1998
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Uskardita mikraulax Ratter and Cope 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-15 15:54:08
Modified: 2009-09-15 17:54:08
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Ludfordian or 430.50000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (Wales) Trecanolia acincta (123136) Uskardita mikraulax (123137)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Sweden (Gotland) Freja fecunda (13851)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Freja nodosa (13603)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Freja nodosa (70432)