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Cochlearites

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Plicatostylidae

Taxonomy
Cochlearites is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Cochlearitidae.

It was assigned to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cochlearitidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Cochlearites Sepkoski
2010Cochlearites Bouchet et al. p. 29

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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
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyPlicatostylidae
genusCochlearites

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:52:56
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:53:09
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Algeria C. sp. (98474)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Slovenia C. loppianus (146867)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Slovenia C. loppianus (201856) C. sp. (201857) C. sp., C. loppianus (34668 68358)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Morocco C. loppianus (21261)