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Matheria

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Taxonomy
Matheria was named by Billings (1858) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m S Wenl].

It was assigned to Cyrtodontidae by Cox et al. (1969); to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Matheriidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Matheria Billings
1969Matheria Cox et al. p. 249
2002Matheria Sepkoski
2010Matheria Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
CyrtodontidinaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
superfamilyCyrtodontoidea(Ulrich 1894)
familyCyrtodontidae
genusMatheriaBillings 1858

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.

G. †Matheria Billings 1858
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Invalid names: Matheria [objective synonym]
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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Cox et al. (1969).g
Created: 2009-06-05 12:29:00
Modified: 2009-06-05 14:29:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Cox et al. 1969

Age range: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Sheinwoodian or 453.80000 to 430.60000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) M. sp. (23656 23659 23664 23667 23668 23670)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa) M. sp. (23552)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) M. sp. (23579 23584)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) M. rugosa (26277)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) M. sp. (23588)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) M. sp. (23678)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) M. sp. (23603)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) M. sp. (23607)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (Wisconsin) M. recta (13069 13075)
Wenlock - Silurian432.9 - 419.62USA (Wisconsin) M. recta (13104 13107)