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Cyrtodontula dubia

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtodontula dubia was named by Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen (1960) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Ordovician; Norway.]. Its type specimen is P.M.O. 7254, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Cyrtodontula dubia Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen p. 95 figs. pl. 2, figs. 18-20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
CyrtodontidinaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
superfamilyCyrtodontoidea(Ulrich 1894)
familyCyrtodontidae
genusCyrtodontula
speciesdubia

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.

Cyrtodontula dubia Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen 1960
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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
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 11:38:37
Modified: 2020-02-20 07:37:44
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Costonian to the top of the Pusgillian or 458.40000 to 449.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Costonian - Pusgillian458.4 - 449.2Norway (Ringerike) Cyrtodontula dubia (194660)