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Anodontophora subovalis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae

Taxonomy
Anodontophora subovalis was named by Spath (1935). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cape Stosch, Stensiƶ Plateau, locality 648, which is in a Griesbachian marine siliciclastic in the Wordie Creek Formation of Greenland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Anodontophora subovalis Spath p. 75 figs. Pl 19, fig 6; pl 20, fig 9

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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
suborderAnthracosiidinaSilantiev and Carter 2011
superfamilyAnthracosioidea(Amalizky 1892)
familyAnthracosiidaeAmalizky 1892
genusAnodontophoraWissman 1841
speciessubovalis

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height227.424.630.627.64.24

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: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Anodontophora subovalis (type locality: 118777)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Greenland Anodontophora subovalis (118782)