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Halobia

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Halobiidae

Taxonomy

Halobia was named by Bronn (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi Tr Nori-u Sepkoski's reference number: 94,524]. It is not extant. Its type is Daonella lommeli.

It was assigned to Posidoniidae by Hayami (1975); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Halobiidae by Kittl (1912), Bouchet et al. (2010), McRoberts (2011), Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Species

H. (Enormihalobia), H. (Perihalobia), H. (Zittelihalobia), H. alaskana, H. amoena, H. aotii, H. areata, H. arthaberi, H. asperella, H. atsuensis, H. auriculata, H. austriaca, H. banmaensis, H. bassanii, H. battakensis, H. beneckei, H. beyrichi, H. bittneri, H. bosniaca, H. brachyotis, H. breuningiana, H. brooksi, H. bujundaensis, H. bukovinensis, H. bukowskii, H. celtica, H. charlyana, H. cinerea, H. circumsulcata, H. comata, H. convexa, H. cordillerana, H. curionii, H. dalliana, H. daltoni, H. dilatata, H. disperseinsecta, H. distincta, H. eckharti, H. eximia, H. fallax, H. fascigera, H. fluxa, H. gigantea, H. gracilis, H. grimmeri, H. haberfelneri, H. halilucensis, H. halorica, H. hochstetteri, H. hoernesi, H. hyatti, H. indigirensis, H. insignis, H. intermedia, H. jagelskyi, H. kawadai, H. kolymensis, H. kudleyi, H. kwaluana, H. landlensis, H. lenticularis, H. lepsiusi, H. lilliei, H. lineata, H. lucana, H. marmorea, H. maximiliani, H. mediterranea, H. mengalamensis, H. miesenbachensis, H. mojsisovicsi, H. moluccana, H. namadalensis, H. neregensis, H. neumayri, H. norica, H. obruchevi, H. ocevjana, H. omkutchanica, H. omolonensis, H. oregonensis, H. pacmaensis, H. paraceltica, H. paralineata, H. paraplicosa, H. parasicula, H. parthanensis, H. partschi, H. pectinoides, H. petrenkoi, H. plicosa, H. praesuperba, H. radiata, H. rarestriata, H. raschbergensis, H. remansa, H. richthofeni, H. rugosa, H. salinarum, H. salisburgensis, H. selwyni, H. septentrionalis, H. siciliana, H. sicula, H. simonyi, H. simplex, H. sirii, H. stapfi, H. striatissima, H. styriaca, H. subaustriaca, H. subcomata, H. subreticulata, H. subsedaka, H. suessi, H. sumatrana, H. superba, H. superbescens, H. symmetrica, H. szontaghi, H. talauana, H. telleri, H. thisbitis, H. tozeri, H. transversa, H. tropitum, H. varesensis, H. verbeeki, H. verchojanensis, H. vixaurita, H. wallbrunnensis, H. wichmanni, H. wiereri, H. yandongensis, H. yunnanensis, H. zhilnensis, H. zitteli, Indigirohalobia (Primahalobia)

Species lacking formal opinion data

H. daonellaformis, H. kedonensis, H. korkodonica, H. kui, H. popowi, H. seimkanensis, H. suberba, H. sustriaca, H. talajaensis

Synonyms

Indigirohalobia was named by Polubotko (1984).

It was synonymized subjectively with Halobia by Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
Pacifihalobia was named by Polubotko (1990). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Halobia by Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1830	Halobia Bronn
1912	Halobia Kittl
1975	Halobia Hayami
1984	Indigirohalobia Polubotko
1990	Pacifihalobia Polubotko
2002	Halobia Sepkoski
2010	Halobia Bouchet et al.
2011	Halobia McRoberts p. 623
2014	Halobia Ros-Franch et al.

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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	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Posidonioidea	Frech 1909
family	Halobiidae
genus	Halobia	Bronn 1830

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. †Halobia Bronn 1830

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Subg. †Halobia (Enormihalobia) Yin and Gan 1978

†Halobia (Enormihalobia) intercalaria Yin and Gan 1978

Subg. †Halobia (Perihalobia) Gruber 1976

Subg. †Halobia (Zittelihalobia) Polubotko 1984

†Halobia (Zittelihalobia) ornatissima Smith 1927

†Zittelihalobia zitteliformis Kurushin 1998

†Halobia alaskana Smith 1927

†Halobia amoena Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia aotii Kobayashi and Ichikawa 1949

†Halobia areata Kittl 1912

†Halobia arthaberi Kittl 1912

†Halobia asperella Bychkov et al. 1976

†Halobia atsuensis Tokuyama 1959

†Halobia auriculata Kittl 1912

†Halobia austriaca Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia banmaensis Chen and Lu 1979

†Halobia bassanii de Lorenzo 1894

†Halobia battakensis Volz 1899

†Halobia beneckei Gemmellaro 1882

†Halobia beyrichi Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia bittneri Kittl 1912

†Halobia bosniaca Kittl 1912

†Halobia brachyotis Kittl 1903

†Halobia breuningiana Kittl 1912

†Halobia brooksi Smith 1927

†Halobia bujundaensis Bychkov et al. 1976

†Halobia bukovinensis Kittl 1912

†Halobia bukowskii Kittl 1912

†Halobia celtica Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia charlyana Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia cinerea Kittl 1912

†Halobia circumsulcata Kittl 1912

†Halobia comata Bittner 1899

†Halobia convexa Chen 1964

†Halobia cordillerana Smith 1927

†Halobia curionii Gemmellaro 1882

†Halobia dalliana Smith 1927

†Halobia daltoni Kittl 1912

†Halobia dilatata Kittl 1912

†Halobia disperseinsecta Kittl 1912

†Halobia distincta Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia eckharti Kittl 1912

†Halobia eximia Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia fallax Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia fascigera Bittner 1899

†Halobia fluxa Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia gigantea Smith 1927

†Halobia gracilis Kittl 1912

†Halobia grimmeri Kittl 1912

†Halobia haberfelneri Kittl 1912

†Halobia halilucensis Kittl 1903

†Halobia halorica Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia hochstetteri Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia hoernesi Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia hyatti Kittl 1912

†Halobia indigirensis Popov 1948

†Halobia insignis Gemmellaro 1882

†Halobia intermedia Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia jagelskyi Kittl 1912

†Halobia kawadai Yehara 1927

†Halobia kolymensis Kiparisova 1937

†Halobia kudleyi Bychkov et al. 1976

†Halobia kwaluana Volz 1899

†Halobia landlensis Kittl 1912

†Halobia lenticularis Gemmellaro 1882

†Halobia lepsiusi Gemmellaro 1882

†Halobia lilliei Marwick 1953

†Halobia lineata Muenster 1833

†Halobia lucana de Lorenzo 1896

†Halobia marmorea Kittl 1912

†Halobia maximiliani Kittl 1912

†Halobia mediterranea Gemmellaro 1882

†Halobia mengalamensis Volz 1899

†Halobia miesenbachensis Kittl 1912

†Halobia mojsisovicsi Gemmellaro 1882

†Halobia moluccana Wanner 1907

†Halobia namadalensis Kittl 1912

†Halobia neregensis Bychkov et al. 1976

†Halobia neumayri Bittner 1891

†Halobia norica Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia obruchevi Kiparisova 1937

†Halobia ocevjana Kittl 1912

†Halobia omkutchanica Bychkov et al. 1976

†Halobia omolonensis Bychkov et al. 1976

†Halobia oregonensis Smith 1927

†Halobia pacmaensis Vu Khuc 1991

†Halobia paraceltica Kittl 1912

†Halobia paralineata Kittl 1912

†Halobia paraplicosa Kittl 1912

†Halobia parasicula Kittl 1912

†Halobia parthanensis Schafhäutl 1863

†Halobia partschi Kittl 1912

†Halobia pectinoides Kittl 1912

†Halobia petrenkoi Korchinskaya 1980

†Halobia plicosa Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia praesuperba Kittl 1912

†Halobia radiata Gemmellaro 1882

†Halobia rarestriata Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia raschbergensis Kittl 1912

†Halobia remansa Kittl 1912

†Halobia richthofeni Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia rugosa Guembel 1861

†Halobia salinarum Bronn 1830

†Halobia salisburgensis Kittl 1912

†Halobia selwyni McRoberts 2011

†Halobia septentrionalis Smith 1927

†Halobia siciliana Kittl 1912

†Halobia sicula Gemmellaro 1882

†Halobia simonyi Kittl 1912

†Halobia simplex Gemmellaro 1882

†Halobia sirii Kittl 1912

†Halobia stapfi Kittl 1912

†Halobia striatissima Kittl 1912

†Halobia styriaca Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia subaustriaca Kittl 1912

†Halobia subcomata Kittl 1912

†Halobia subreticulata Gemmellaro 1882

†Halobia subsedaka Tokuyama 1959

†Halobia suessi Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia sumatrana Krumbeck 1914

†Halobia superba Mojsisovics 1874

†Halobia superbescens Kittl 1912

†Halobia symmetrica Smith 1927

†Halobia szontaghi Kittl 1912

†Halobia talauana Wanner 1907

†Halobia telleri Kittl 1912

†Halobia thisbitis Kittl 1912

†Halobia tozeri McRoberts 2011

†Halobia transversa Gemmellaro 1882

†Halobia tropitum Kittl 1912

†Halobia varesensis Kittl 1912

†Halobia verbeeki Wanner 1907

†Halobia verchojanensis Bychkov et al. 1976

†Halobia vixaurita Kittl 1912

†Halobia wallbrunnensis Kittl 1912

†Halobia wichmanni Rothpletz 1892

†Halobia wiereri Kittl 1912

†Halobia yandongensis Chen 1976

†Halobia yunnanensis Reed 1927

†Halobia zhilnensis Bychkov et al. 1976

†Halobia zitteli Lindstrom 1863

Invalid names: Indigirohalobia Polubotko 1984 [synonym], Pacifihalobia Polubotko 1990 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	3	9.64	9.00	10.7	9.30	0.907
valve height	6	15.8	15.0	18.5	15.3	1.36

Composition:

aragonitef

Composition 2:

low Mg calcitef

Environment:

marine, brackisho

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-11-26 08:27:27

Modified:

2007-11-26 10:27:27

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Bajocian or 243.33000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (533 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Triassic	251.902 - 201.4	USA (Alaska)	H. superba (112245 112246)
Anisian	246.7 - 241.464	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	H. sp. (212091)
Anisian	246.7 - 241.464	Russian Federation	Zittelihalobia sp. (124673) Zittelihalobia zhilnensis (124674) Zittelihalobia zitteli (124670)
Anisian	246.7 - 241.464	Austria	H. richthofeni (136923)
Anisian	246.7 - 241.464	Bosnia and Herzegovina	H. halilucensis (99768) H. sp. (206722)
Anisian - Ladinian	246.7 - 237.0	Malaysia (Kedah)	H. malayensis (204426)
Anisian - Ladinian	246.7 - 237.0	Italy (Udine)	H. sp. (201597)
Middle Triassic	246.7 - 237.0	Italy (Trento)	H. parthanensis (202271 202272)
Middle Triassic	246.7 - 237.0	Romania	H. bukovinensis, H. ocevjana (203525)
Middle Triassic	246.7 - 237.0	Austria	H. vixaurita (203519)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Alaunian	215.38 - 211.18	Canada (British Columbia)	H. beyrichi (47365 47368) H. cordillerana (47371 47372 114790 114918 114919 114941 114943 114947 115120 115121 115122 115132) H. cordillerana, H. fallax (47375 47379) H. cordillerana, H. halorica (115135) H. fallax (47386 47387 114949) H. halorica (114940 115118 115119 115136) H. sp. (97843)
Alaunian	215.38 - 211.18	Russian Federation	H. fallax, H. aotii, H. obruchevi, H. superbescens (214808) H. halorica (202835) H. norica (214906) Zittelihalobia obruchevi (69439) Zittelihalobia obruchevi, Zittelihalobia fallax (69407)
Sevatian	211.18 - 205.7	Russian Federation	H. obruchevi (214908 214913)
Sevatian	211.18 - 205.7	Austria	H. austriaca, H. parasicula (159563) H. dilatata, H. norica, H. distincta, H. fallax, H. plicosa, H. disperseinsecta, H. gracilis, H. cinerea, H. sirii, H. wiereri, H. remansa, H. pectinoides, H. paraceltica (161262)
Sevatian	211.18 - 205.7	Serbia	H. sp., H. salinaria (221271)
Sevatian	211.18 - 205.7	Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray)	Indigirohalobia primorensis, H. kawadai (97823)
Sevatian	211.18 - 205.7	Canada (British Columbia)	H. fallax (47391) H. pinensis, H. fallax (47392)
Rhaetian	205.7 - 201.4	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	H. zitteli (97792)
Rhaetian	205.7 - 201.4	Russian Federation	H. obruchevi (214915)
Bajocian	170.9 - 168.2	China	H. sp. (225728)