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Clinopisthinae

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Taxonomy
Clinopisthidae was named by Pojeta (1988). Its type is Clinopistha.

It was reranked as the subfamily Clinopisthinae by Bouchet et al. (2010), Bailey (2021).

It was assigned to Solemyoidea by Carter et al. (2011); and to Solemyidae by Bouchet et al. (2010), Bailey (2021).

Subtaxa
Clinopistha (type genus), Dystactella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Clinopisthidae Pojeta
2010Clinopisthinae Bouchet et al.
2011Clinopisthidae Carter et al. p. 5
2021Clinopisthinae Bailey p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderSolemyidaNewell 1965
superfamilySolemyoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familySolemyidaeAdams and Adams 1857
subfamilyClinopisthinae(Pojeta 1988)
subfamilyClinopisthinae(Pojeta 1988)

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. †Clinopisthinae Pojeta 1988
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G. †Clinopistha Meek and Worthen 1870
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†Clinopistha abbreviata de Ryckholt 1854
†Clinopistha curta Walcott 1884
†Clinopistha kasanensis Netschajew 1894
†Clinopistha levis Meek and Worthen 1870
†Clinopistha truncata Goldfuss 1840
G. †Dystactella Hall and Whitfield 1872
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†Dystactella biarmica de Verneuil 1845
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Invalid names: Solemya abnormis Howse 1848 [synonym]
†Dystactella excisa de Koninck 1885
†Dystactella insularis Walcott 1884
†Dystactella silurica Liljedahl 1984
†Dystactella valvulus Hall and Whitfield 1872
†Dystactella vetusta Meek 1871
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: thinf
Reinforcement: nof
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-15 10:20:27
Modified: 2009-09-21 15:59:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Maysvillian to the top of the Changhsingian or 450.20000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Clinopistha antiqua (174050)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Maine) Dystactella sp. indet. (185954)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Sweden (Gotland) Janeia silurica (13851)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Indiana) Clinopistha exacutus (170009)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Iowa) Clinopista sp. (3294 3296)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Clinopista radiata (971)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) Clinopistha levis (41988)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Clinopistha levis (89331)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation Solemya biarmica (110010 114172)
Kungurian - Roadian283.3 - 266.9Russian Federation Solemya biarmica (117245)
Late/Upper Kazanian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Solemya biarmica (197540)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Clinopistha levis (108832)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Solemya biarmica (117274 117275)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Idaho) Nuculopsis sp. a (105367)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28China (Xinjiang) Janeia biarmica (123275)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Sichuan) Solenomya biarmica (138568)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Lithuania Janeia biarmica (46464)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) Janeia biarmica (112852 112855 130766)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guizhou) Solemya biarmica (121006)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14India Solemya biarmica (230622)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany Solenomya phillipsiana (161276)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom Solemya abnormis (130867) Solenimya abnormis (130871 130872)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Pakistan Solemya biarmica (126982)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Pakistan Solemya biarmica (126883)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Solemya biarmica (112113 121007)