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Ctenodontella macrodiformis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Ctenodontella macrodiformis was named by Khalfin (1940). It is not extant. Its type specimen is PIAS C91/4-1, a shell. Its type locality is Kondratevskaya Sopka, which is in a Devonian marine horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Ctenodontella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Ctenodontella macrodiformis Khalfin p. 262

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusCtenodontella
speciesmacrodiformis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:26:01
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:26:01
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Devonian or 419.62000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Russian Federation (Altai Krai) Ctenodontella macrodiformis (type locality: 241897)