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Pleurophorella

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Taxonomy
Pleurophorella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pholadomyoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Permophorinae by Pagani (2006); and to Kalenterinae by Neves et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Pleurophorella Sepkoski
2006Pleurophorella Pagani
2014Pleurophorella Neves et al. p. 233

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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
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
superfamilyKalenteroideaMarwick 1953
familyKalenteridae
subfamilyKalenterinaeMarwick 1953
genusPleurophorella

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.

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Pleurophorella elegans Whidborne 1897
Pleurophorella elongata Pagani 2006
Pleurophorella munda Whidborne 1896
Pleurophorella parnaibaensis Anelli et al. 2009
Pleurophorella ratingensis Drevermann 1902
Pleurophorella transversa de Koninck 1842
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height616.214.019.016.52.07

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Asselian or 364.70000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7United Kingdom (England) Spathella munda (38422 38427)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Australia (New South Wales) P. knowlaensis (8224)
Serpukhovian - Bashkirian330.9 - 315.2Argentina (San Juan) P. sp. (229114)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6Brazil (PiauĂ­) P. sp., P. parnaibaensis (174772)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0Argentina P. elongata (88683 88685)
Morrowan - Desmoinesian323.2 - 306.0Brazil P. parnaibaensis (67801)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (156695)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) P. sp. (225749)
Gzhelian - Asselian303.7 - 295.5Russian Federation P. sp. (202199)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Brazil P. sp. (139503)