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Actinodontophoridae

Bivalvia - Unionida - Actinodontophoridae

Taxonomy
Actinodontophoridae was named by Newell (1969) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5132]. Its type is Actinodontophora.

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

It was assigned to Unionacea by Vokes (1980); and to Actinodontophoroidea by Nevesskaja (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Actinodontophoridae Newell
1980Actinodontophoridae Vokes p. 95
2009Actinodontophoridae Nevesskaja

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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)
familyActinodontophoridaeNewell 1969
familyActinodontophoridaeNewell 1969

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.

Fm. †Actinodontophoridae Newell 1969
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G. †Actinodontophora Ichikawa 1951
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Invalid names: Actinodontophora qinglongensis Xu and Lan 1980 [nomen nudum]
G. †Linshuiella Ma 1999
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G. †Pseudoactinodontophora Murata 1971
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G. †Zhongbanaia Ma 1999
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Bajocian or 290.10000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Japan (Iwate) Pseudoactinodontophora yabei (182561)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Japan Actinodontophora katsurensis (114538)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guizhou) Actinodontophora qinglongensis (112102)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Japan Actinodontophora katsurensis (114489 114491)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0USA (Nevada) Actinodontophoridae indet. (100454)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Canada (British Columbia) Actinodontophoridae indet. (45379)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2China (Sichuan) Lamprotula abruptiscripta (200966)