Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Cleidophorus eductus

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae

Taxonomy
Cleidophorus eductus was named by Gemmellaro (1896). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Cleidophorus eductus Gemmellaro p. 17 figs. Pl 20, figs 10,11

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyMalletioideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyCucullellidaeFischer 1886
subfamilyCucullellinaeFischer 1886
genusCleidophorus
specieseductus

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.

Cleidophorus eductus Gemmellaro 1896
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height317.915.020.019.02.65

Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 12:33:00
Modified: 2009-06-05 14:33:10
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Cleidophorus eductus (type locality: 108672)