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Gonideinae

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Taxonomy

Gonideinae was named by Ortmann (1916). It is extant.

It was assigned to Unionidae by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Gonidea, Hyriopsis, Leguminaiini, Limnoscapha, Physunionini, Pseudodon, Psilunio

Synonyms

Hyriopsinae was named by Modell (1942). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gonideinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
Lamprotulinae was named by Modell (1942). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gonideinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
Limnoscaphinae was named by Lindholm (1932). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gonideinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
Pseudodontinae was named by Frierson (1927). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gonideinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
Psilunioninae was named by Starobogatov (1970).

It was synonymized subjectively with Gonideinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1916	Gonideinae Ortmann
1927	Pseudodontinae Frierson
1932	Limnoscaphinae Lindholm
1942	Hyriopsinae Modell
1942	Lamprotulinae Modell
1970	Psilunioninae Starobogatov
2010	Gonideinae Bouchet et al.
2011	Gonideinae Carter et al. p. 12

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Uniomorphi	Gray 1854
—	Unioni	Gray 1854
—	Unionata	Gray 1854
order	Unionida	(Stoliczka 1871)
suborder	Unionidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Unionoidea	(Fleming 1828)
family	Unionidae	Rafinesque 1820
subfamily	Gonideinae	Ortmann 1916
subfamily	Gonideinae	Ortmann 1916

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.

Subfm. Gonideinae Ortmann 1916

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G. Gonidea Conrad 1857

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†Gonidea coalingensis Arnold 1909

†Gonidea coalingensis cooperi Arnold 1909

Tr. Leguminaiini Starobogatov 1970

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G. Leguminaia Conrad 1865

Tr. Physunionini Starobogatov 1970

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G. Physunio Simpson 1900

Invalid names: Hyriopsinae Modell 1942 [synonym], Lamprotulinae Modell 1942 [synonym], Limnoscaphinae Lindholm 1932 [synonym], Pseudodontinae Frierson 1927 [synonym], Psilunioninae Starobogatov 1970 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Environment:

freshwatero

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilec

Life habit:

infaunalc

Diet:

suspension feederc

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2017-04-17 10:29:05

Modified:

2017-04-17 10:29:05

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Pliocene or 41.03000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Japan	Hyriopsis mabutii (70905)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Romania	Hyriopsis sp. (73301)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Romania (Suceava)	Psilunio subhoernesi (34620)