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Goniophorina

Bivalvia - Lipanellidae

Taxonomy

Goniophorina was named by Isberg (1934).

It was assigned to Modiomorphidae by Cox et al. (1969); to Modiolopsidae by Toni (1975); to Modiomorphoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Lipanellidae by Sánchez (2005); and to Goniophorinidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species

Cosmogoniophorina, G. (Goniophorina), G. carinata, G. nitidula, G. semiradiata, G. volvens

Sister genera

Cosmogoniophorina

Synonyms

Digoniomya was named by Whidborne (1897).

It was synonymized subjectively with Goniophorina by Cox et al. (1969).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1897	Digoniomya Whidborne p. 116
1934	Goniophorina Isberg
1969	Goniophorina Cox et al. p. N396
1975	Goniophorina Toni
2002	Goniophorina Sepkoski
2005	Goniophorina Sánchez p. 538
2010	Goniophorina Bouchet et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
family	Lipanellidae
genus	Goniophorina

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. †Goniophorina Isberg 1934

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G. †Cosmogoniophorina Isberg 1934

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†Cosmogoniophorina tenuicostata Harrington 1938

†Goniophorina (Cosmogoniophorina) carinata Isberg 1934

Subg. †Goniophorina (Goniophorina) Isberg 1934

†Goniophorina carinata Isberg 1934

†Goniophorina nitidula Kříž 2008

†Goniophorina semiradiata Isberg 1934

†Goniophorina volvens Isberg 1934

Invalid names: Digoniomya Whidborne 1897 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

10 to < 100g

Thickness:

thing

Folds:

minorg

Ribbing:

minorg

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 13:56:52

Modified:

2009-06-05 15:56:52

Source: g = genus, c = class

References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Gorstian or 477.10000 to 425.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Floian	477.1 - 471.3	Argentina (Jujuy)	Cosmogoniophorina tenuicostata (14225)
Arenig	477.1 - 468.0	Argentina (La Rioja)	Cosmogoniophorina tenuicostata (169615)
Arenig	477.1 - 468.0	Argentina	Cosmogoniophorina sp. (8777 8783)
Arenig	477.1 - 468.0	Bolivia (Tarija)	Cosmogoniophorina sp. (9107)
Dapingian	471.3 - 469.4	China	G. contracta (232222 232225)
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician	459.3 - 443.1	Czechia	G. cardiformis (3865)
Soudleyan	458.2 - 457.2	United Kingdom (Wales)	G. sp. (3301 192387)
Caradoc - Katian	458.2 - 445.2	Bolivia (General de Saavedra)	G. sp. (9102)
Katian	452.8 - 445.2	Sweden (Dalarna)	G. volvens, G. semiradiata (124939)
Katian - Hirnantian	452.8 - 443.1	Sweden (Dalarne)	Cosmogoniophorina carinata (73413)
Pirgu	449.5 - 445.2	Norway (Ringerike)	G. volvens (162233)
Kosovian	445.2 - 443.1	Czechia	G. sp. (3882)
Silurian	443.1 - 419.62	Jordan	G. sp. (3273 3275)
Gorstian	426.7 - 425.0	Czechia	G. sp. (14104)
Gorstian	426.7 - 425.0	Czechia (Bohemia)	G. nitidula (85118)