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Pedalion

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

Taxonomy
Pedalion was named by Huddesford (1770).

It was assigned to Pedalionidae by Nagao (1928) and Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1770Pedalion Huddesford
1928Pedalion Nagao p. 103
2010Pedalion Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyMalleidaeLamarck 1819
subfamilyIsognomoninae(Woodring 1925)
genusPedalionHuddesford 1770

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.

G. †Pedalion Huddesford 1770
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Pedalion tomiyasui Nagao 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-26 07:48:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 21:46:35
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 93.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) P. sp. (44198)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) P. periridescens (88357)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) P. periridescens (205445)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Japan (Nagasaki) P. tomiyasui (203223)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) P. sp. (52422)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) P. solereperta (42482)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Virginia) P. maxillatum (59293 59294)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. kecia (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica P. sp. (58522)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador P. chemnitzianum (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan P. linguaeformis (96943 96945)