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Abiella

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Prokopievskiidae

Taxonomy
Abiella was named by Khalfin (1950). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Abiellidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Entered
by B. Allen (authorized by A. Dunhill) on 2019-03-04

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Abiella Khalfin
2010Abiella Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyProkopievskioideaVokes 1967
familyProkopievskiidaeVokes 1967
familyAbiellinae(Starobogatov 1970)
genusAbiellaKhalfin 1950

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. †Abiella Khalfin 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2024-02-03 19:46:18
Modified: 2024-02-03 19:46:18
Source: superf = superfamily, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Eaton 1871, Aberhan et al. 2004, Silantiev 2018
Collections
No collection or age range data are available