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Anisodonta subovata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae

Taxonomy
Anisodonta subovata was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 441623, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is La Meseta Fm Telm 7, which is in a Priabonian estuary/bay sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Anisodonta subovata Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 69 figs. pl. 5, figs. l-n

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderLeptonidinaDall 1889
superfamilyCyamioidea(Philippi 1845)
familySportellidaeDall 1899
genusAnisodontaDeshayes 1858
speciessubovata

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.

Anisodonta subovata Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-06 16:18:00
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:26:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) Anisodonta subovata (type locality: 63553)