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Concavodontinae

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae

Taxonomy
Concavodontinae was named by Sanchez (1999).

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Praenuculidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Praenuculidae by Sanchez (1999) and Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Concavodontinae Sanchez
2011Concavodontinae Carter et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyPraenuculidaeMcAlester 1968
subfamilyConcavodontinae
subfamilyConcavodontinae

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. †Concavodontinae Sanchez 1999
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G. †Concavodonta Babin 1972
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†Concavodonta ovalis Sanchez 1999
G. †Emiliodonta Sánchez 2010
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†Emiliodonta cuerdai Sanchez 1999
Invalid names: Emiliania Sanchez 1999 [replaced]
G. †Hemiconcavodonta Sanchez 1999
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†Hemiconcavodonta minuta Sanchez 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: shallow infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-20 12:59:23
Modified: 2009-10-10 17:23:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Meyer et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sarka to the top of the Gelasian or 466.00000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarka466.0 - 466.0Czech Republic (Plzeňský) Concavodonta ponderata (95016)
Sarka466.0 - 466.0Czech Republic Concavodonta ponderata (232240)
Dobrotivian - Berounian459.0 - 449.8France Concavodonta sp. (20846)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Argentina (San Juan) Emiliania cuerdai, Concavodonta ovalis, Hemiconcavodonta sp., Hemiconcavodonta minuta (13513)
Berounian457.9 - 449.8Czech Republic Concavodonta ponderata (197259)
Berounian - Caradoc457.9 - 449.5Portugal Concavodonta sp. (20954)
Cautleyan - Ashgill449.2 - 443.7United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Concavodonta imbricata (13841)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4South Africa Concavodonta sp. (26994)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ireland Emiliania huxleyi (152368)