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Margaritifera (Pseudunio)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Margaritiferidae

Taxonomy
Pseudunio was named by Haas (1910).

It was reranked as Margaritifera (Pseudunio) by Mongin and Lapparent (1968).

It was assigned to Margaritifera by Mongin and Lapparent (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Margaritifera (Pseudunio) Mongin and Lapparent

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderUnionida(Stoliczka 1871)
suborderUnionidinaGray 1854
superfamilyUnionoidea(Fleming 1828)
familyMargaritiferidaeHaas 1940
genusMargaritiferaSchumacher 1815
subgenusPseudunio(Haas 1910)

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.

Subg. †Margaritifera (Pseudunio) Haas 1910
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Margaritifera (Pseudunio) saharica Mongin and Lapparent 1968
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: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Pleistocene or 157.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Spain (Teruel) Margaritifera valdensis (227113)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Niger (Agadez) Margaritifera saharica, Margaritifera valdensis (28569)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Margaritifera auricularia (51761)