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Goniophorina (Cosmogoniophorina) carinata

Bivalvia - Lipanellidae

Taxonomy
Goniophorina (Cosmogoniophorina) carinata was named by Isberg (1934) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Ordovician; Sweden.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Goniophorina (Cosmogoniophorina) carinata Isberg
1969Goniophorina (Cosmogoniophorina) carinata Cox et al. p. N397

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
familyLipanellidae
genusGoniophorina
subgenusCosmogoniophorina
speciescarinataIsberg 1934

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: minorg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 13:56:52
Modified: 2009-06-05 15:56:52
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Hirnantian or 452.80000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) Cosmogoniophorina carinata (73413)