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Kidodia coxi

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Opokiellidae

Taxonomy
Kidodia coxi was named by Bond (1954). Its type specimen is Geological Department of National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 7557, a valve (left valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Siambabala Valley, Gwembi district, which is in a Capitanian/Lopingian fluvial-lacustrine limestone in the Madumabisa Formation of Zambia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Kidodia coxi Bond p. 189 figs. Pl 4, figs 1b, 1c, 2, 3

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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
superfamilyOpokielloideaKanev 1983
familyOpokiellidaeKanev 1983
genusKidodiaCox 1936
speciescoxi

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.

Kidodia coxi Bond 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Lopingian or 264.28000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian - Lopingian264.28 - 251.902Zambia Kidodia coxi (type locality: 208781)