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Neopycnodonte

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Discussion

Modern is deep sea only

Taxonomy
Neopycnodonte was named by Stenzel (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Gryphaeidae by Marasti (1973), Wienrich (1999), Vera-Peláez et al. (2004); to Pycnodontinae by Marquet (2002), Kiessling (2009); to Neopycnodontini by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Pycnodonteinae by Moore (1987), Freneix et al. (1988), Salvat et al. (2018).

Species
N. cochlear, N. navicularis
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. lapidicina, N. zibrowii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Neopycnodonte Stenzel
1973Neopycnodonta Marasti p. 106
1987Neopycnodonta Moore pp. 18, 23
1988Neopycnodonta Freneix et al. p. 2
1999Neopycnodonta Wienrich p. 223
2002Neopycnodonta Marquet
2002Neopycnodonta Sepkoski
2004Neopycnodonta Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255
2009Neopycnodonte Kiessling
2010Neopycnodonte Bouchet et al.
2018Neopycnodonte Salvat et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyPycnodonteinaeStenzel 1959
genusNeopycnodonteStenzel 1971

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. Neopycnodonte Stenzel 1971
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†Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 08:05:58
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:34:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Steuber 2002

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) N. lapidicina (205466)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Italy (Pordenone) N. navicularis (37350 37351 37355)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) N. cochlear (62882)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Pycnodonta navicularis (65161 77406)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy N. cochlear (178108 178110)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Greece (Crete) Pycnodonta navicularis (162722)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria N. navicularis (60288 60289 60291)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland N. cochlear (51107) N. navicularis (51689 51690 51691) Pycnodonte navicularis (70539)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Algeria (Relizane) Ostrea cochlear (42804)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland N. navicularis (51687)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia N. navicularis (88803)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia N. sp. (145915 145938)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Greece Pycnodonta navicularis (72305)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Italy N. navicularis (191624)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy N. cochlear, N. navicularis (78437)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Pycnodonta navicularis (72310)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) N. navicularis (37367 37368)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) N. navicularis (48092)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Spain N. navicularis (69790)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece Pycnodonta navicularis (72311)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria N. navicularis (70885 70886)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain N. sp. (147187)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Neopycnodonta navicularis (168730) N. navicularis (207784)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sardinia) Ostrea cochlear (84304)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium N. cochlear (86801)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Pycnodonta navicularis (72318)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Huelva) N. cochlear (71916)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece Pycnodonta navicularis (72414)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) N. navicularis (178117)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Greece N. zibrowii, N. cochlear (190371)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy N. cochlear (77008)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Umbria) N. cochlear (149603 200420)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal N. cochlear (122245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia N. cochlear (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) N. cochlear (89618 128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain N. cochlear (76579)