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Horiopleura

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Polyconitidae

Taxonomy
Horiopleura was named by Douvillé (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti K Ceno-m]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Caprotinidae by Palmer (1928); to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Horiopleuridae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Polyconitidae by Steuber (2002), Skelton (2013).

Species lacking formal opinion data
H. almerae, H. baylei, H. juxi, H. lamberti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Horiopleura Douvillé
1928Horiopleura Palmer p. 47
2002Horiopleura Sepkoski
2002Horiopleura Steuber
2010Horiopleura Bouchet et al.
2013Horiopleura Skelton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderHippuritida()
suborderRadiolitidina
superfamilyRadiolitoideaGray 1848
familyPolyconitidaeMacGillavry 1937
genusHoriopleuraDouvillé 1889

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. †Horiopleura Douvillé 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteg
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-27 09:43:27
Modified: 2007-11-27 11:43:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fenerci-Masse et al. 2006, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Steuber 2002

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 125.77000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Egypt (Sinai) H. sp. (193560)
Barremian - Late/Upper Aptian125.77 - 113.2Poland H. baylei (64107)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain H. sp. (64389 64795 145188)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece H. baylei (34719) H. juxi (60374)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Türkiye H. almerae (38882)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain H. baylei (64392) H. lamberti (64393)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Oman H. lamberti (24025)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Oman H. lamberti (24027)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3Greece H. lamberti (64246)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Greece H. sp. (64247)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Spain H. lamberti (64396)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Italy H. almerae (4063)