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Babinka

Bivalvia - Babinkidae

Taxonomy
Babinka was named by Barrande (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u O Llvi Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Modiomorphoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Babinkidae by Vokes (1980), Cope (1997), Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Babinka Barrande
1980Babinka Vokes p. 100
1997Babinka Cope p. 738
2002Babinka Sepkoski
2010Babinka Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
superfamilyBabinkoideaHorny 1960
familyBabinkidaeHorny 1960
genusBabinkaBarrande 1881

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. †Babinka Barrande 1881
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†Babinka oelandensis Soot-Ryen 1969
†Babinka prima Barrande 1881
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
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Cox et al. (1969).g
Created: 2009-06-05 13:54:55
Modified: 2009-06-05 15:54:55
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Sarka or 486.40000 to 463.30000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Morocco (Anti-Atlas) B. sp. (166727)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1France (Montagne Noire) B. prima (20819)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Morocco B. sp. (235491)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Bolivia (Tarija) B. sp. (88180)
Floian477.1 - 471.3France (Montagne Noire) B. prima (20827) B. sp. (20820)
Klabava477.1 - 469.4France (Montagne Noire) B. sp. (20824)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Morocco B. prima (56612)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) B. sp. (20821 20826 20828)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) B. sp. (20825)
Sarka469.4 - 463.3Czechia B. prima (3857 232240)
Sarka469.4 - 463.3Czechia (Plzeňský) B. prima (95016)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Czechia B. prima (229169)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Portugal B. prima (21013)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Toledo) B. sp. (20898)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Czechia (Prague) B. sp. (76458)