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Cyrtodontula complanata

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Taxonomy
Whitella complanata was named by Foerste (1914) [DISTRIBUTION: Ordovician.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cyrtodontula complanata by Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen (1960).

Subspecies
Whitella complanata moniquensis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. ottawana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Whitella complanata Foerste p. 300 figs. pl. 1, fig. 2
1960Cyrtodontula complanata Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen p. 96

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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
speciescomplanata(Foerste 1914)

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 complanata Foerste 1914
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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 Caradoc or 458.40000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Costonian - Longvillian458.4 - 455.0Norway (Oslo) Cyrtodontula complanata (194668)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway (Oslo) Cyrtodontula complanata (2762)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Norway (Oslo) Cyrtodontula complanata (194669)
Costonian - Pusgillian458.4 - 449.2Norway (Ringerike) Cyrtodontula complanata (194660)
Oandu - Rakvere453.0 - 450.5Norway (Oslo) Cyrtodontula complanata (166819)
Oandu - Rakvere453.0 - 450.5Norway (Ringerike) Cyrtodontula complanata (194670)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Québec) Whitella complanata (173121)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Whitella complanata (173244 173268)