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Ctenodonta victoriae

Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Ctenodontidae

Taxonomy

Palaeoneilo victoriae was named by Chapman (1908). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Ctenodonta victoriae by Talent (1963).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. alta, C. anatina, C. baffinensis, C. bussaceusis, C. calvini, C. carpenderi, C. cataractensis, C. coercita, C. coercita, C. compressa, C. corburiformis, C. costata, C. decurtata, C. dubiiformisa, C. elliptica, C. elongata, C. frobisherensis, C. gemuendensis, C. georgina, C. gibberula, C. glenna, C. grahami, C. hartsvillensis, C. hermitagenesis, C. hermitagensis, C. incola, C. incola, C. iphegenia, C. lata, C. librans, C. librans, C. librata, C. lineata, C. lingualis, C. machaeriformis, C. mactriformis, C. major, C. major, C. medialis, C. melbournensis, C. nasutiformis, C. neglecta, C. neglecta, C. nigelli, C. nitida, C. novicea, C. ovata, C. oviformis, C. perplectens, C. ponderata, C. pragensis, C. pulchella, C. raricostae, C. recurva, C. regia, C. salinensis, C. similaris, C. similaris, C. similis, C. simplicitor, C. socialis, C. stowi, C. subcontracta, C. subcontracta, C. subreniformis, C. subrotunda, C. symmetrica, C. tumescens, C. ulrichi, C. applanans, C. bilunata, C. bilunata, C. bohemica, C. disputabilis, C. disputabilis, C. domina, C. expansa, C. incisa, C. incisa, C. ponderata, C. ponderata, C. praecox, C. praecox, C. protensa

Entered

by P. Wagner on 2007-10-26

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1908	Palaeoneilo victoriae Chapman pp. 33-34 figs. pl. 3 f. 47-49
1963	Ctenodonta victoriae Talent p. 94 figs. pl. 70 f. 3-4

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
order	Protobranchia	Pelseneer 1889
superorder	Nuculiformii	Dall 1889
order	Solemyida	Newell 1965
superfamily	Solemyoidea	Adams and Adams 1857
family	Ctenodontidae	Wöhrmann 1893
genus	Ctenodonta	Salter 1852
species	victoriae	()

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.

†Ctenodonta victoriae Chapman 1908

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

10 to < 100g

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

noneg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Attached:

yesg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

deposit feederg

Diet 2:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-05 12:35:29

Modified:

2009-07-20 15:04:18

Source: g = genus, c = class

References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Silurian to the top of the Pragian or 443.10000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Silurian	443.1 - 419.62	Australia (Victoria)	Ctenodonta victoriae (10187 10189 10192)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Australia (Victoria)	Ctenodonta victoriae (7196)
Early/Lower Devonian	419.62 - 393.47	Australia (Victoria)	Ctenodonta victoriae (8353)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	Australia (Victoria)	Ctenodonta victoriae (75683)