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Alatoconchinae

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Alatoconchidae

Taxonomy
Alatoconchinae was named by Termier et al. (1973) [Nom. transl. from Alatoconchidae by Yancey & Boyd (1983)].

It was assigned to Alatoconchidae by Yancey and Ozaki (1986), Asato et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Alatoconchinae Termier et al. p. 76
1986Alatoconchinae Yancey and Ozaki p. 120
2017Alatoconchinae Asato et al. p. 366

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAlatoconchoideaTermier et al. 1974
familyAlatoconchidae
subfamilyAlatoconchinae
subfamilyAlatoconchinae

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.

Subfm. †Alatoconchinae Termier et al. 1973
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G. †Shikamaia Ozaki 1968
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Subg. †Shikamaia (Alatoconcha) Termier et al. 1973
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Shikamaia (Alatoconcha) vampyra Termier et al. 1973
Subg. †Shikamaia (Shikamaia) Ozaki 1968
Shikamaia akasakaensis Ozaki 1968
Shikamaia ozakii Asato and Kase 2017
Shikamaia perakensis Runnegar and Gobbett 1975
Invalid names: Tanchintongia Runnegar and Gobbett 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-05 05:45:11
Modified: 2025-05-16 23:33:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Eaton 1871, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Malaysia Shikamaia perakensis (51566)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Japan Shikamaia akasakaensis (121003)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Japan Shikamaia akasakaensis (116063 189291 189292)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Afghanistan Alatoconcha vampyra (81401 87195 87196)