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Goniomya singaporensis

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Taxonomy

Goniomya singaporensis was named by Newton (1906). Its type specimen is BM L19154 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mount Guthrie, Tanjong Pagar, which is in a Triassic/Jurassic marine mudstone in the Jurong Formation of Singapore.

It was recombined as Undulomya singaporensis by Morris et al. (1991).

Synonyms

Sanguinolites insolitus was named by Thomas (1928).

It was recombined as Allorisma insolitum by Chronic (1953); it was synonymized subjectively with Undulomya singaporensis by Morris et al. (1991).
Goniomya scrivenori was named by Newton (1906). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mount Guthrie, Tanjong Pagar, which is in a Triassic/Jurassic marine mudstone in the Jurong Formation of Singapore.

It was synonymized subjectively with Undulomya singaporensis by Morris et al. (1991).
Sanguinolites deportatus was named by Thomas (1928).

It was synonymized subjectively with Allorisma insolitum by Chronic (1953).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1906	Goniomya singaporensis Newton
1906	Goniomya scrivenori Newton p. 493 figs. Pl 25, fig 1
1906	Goniomya singaporensis Newton p. 493 figs. Pl 25, figs 2,3
1928	Sanguinolites deportatus Thomas
1928	Sanguinolites insolitus Thomas p. 228 figs. Pl 6, figs 11,12
1953	Allorisma insolitum Chronic p. 159 figs. Pl 31, figs 10-13
1968	Goniomya scrivenori Kobayashi and Tamura p. 142
1968	Goniomya singaporensis Kobayashi and Tamura p. 142
1991	Undulomya singaporensis Morris et al. p. 72

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Pholadomyida	()
superfamily	Pholadomyoidea	King 1844
family	Pholadomyidae	King 1844
genus	Goniomya	Agassiz 1842
species	singaporensis

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.

†Goniomya singaporensis Newton 1906

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Invalid names: Allorisma insolitum Thomas 1928 [synonym], Goniomya scrivenori Newton 1906 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	6	20.1	18.0	23.0	20.0	1.72

Composition:

aragonitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

deep infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-10-09 06:48:13

Modified:

2009-10-10 16:18:40

Source: f = family, c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bashkirian to the top of the Early/Lower Jurassic or 323.40000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian - Moscovian	323.4 - 307.0	Peru (Piura)	Allorisma insolitum (41389 41390)
Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic	237.0 - 174.7	Singapore	Goniomya singaporensis, Goniomya scrivenori (type locality: 113863)