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Anthracosiidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae

Taxonomy
Anthracosiidae was named by Amalizky (1892) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5125].

It was replaced with Carbonicolidae by Cox (1932).

It was assigned to Anthracosiacea by Newell (1965), Vokes (1980); to Nyassioidea by Nevesskaja (2009); and to Anthracosioidea by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Anthracosiidae Amalizky
1965Anthracosiidae Newell p. 18
1980Anthracosiidae Vokes p. 71
2009Anthracosiidae Nevesskaja
2010Anthracosiidae Bouchet et al.
2011Anthracosiidae Carter et al. p. 17

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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
superfamilyAnthracosioidea(Amalizky 1892)
familyAnthracosiidaeAmalizky 1892
familyAnthracosiidaeAmalizky 1892

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. †Anthracosiidae Amalizky 1892
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G. †Anthracomya Salter 1862
G. †Carbonicola MacCoy 1855
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Carbonicola acuta Sowerby 1821
Carbonicola aquilina Sowerby 1836
Carbonicola similis Brown 1843
Invalid names: Anthracosia King 1856 [synonym]
G. †Unionites Wissman 1841
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Unionites albertii Assmann 1915
Unionites bittneri Frech 1907
Unionites borealis Spath 1935
Unionites breviformis Spath 1935
Unionites brevis von Schauroth 1857
Unionites canalensis Catullo 1847
Unionites donacinus Schlotheim 1820
Unionites elisabethae Patte 1926
Unionites fassaensis Wissmann 1841
Unionites gregarius Quenstedt 1858
Unionites griesbachi Bittner 1899
Unionites jacobi Stache 1878
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Invalid names: Allorisma tirolense Stache 1878 [synonym], Anthracosia ladina Stache 1878 [synonym]
Unionites kobyumensis Biakov and Kutygin 2021
Unionites letticus Quenstedt 1852
Unionites manmuensis Reed 1927
Unionites minimus Mansuy 1919
Unionites muensteri Wissmann 1841
Unionites ovalis Trechmann 1917
Unionites posterus Frass 1859
Unionites rhomboidalis Chen and Zhang 1974
Unionites sorokovi Kurushin 1992
Unionites spicatus Chen 1976
Unionites subrectus Bittner 1901
Unionites trapezoidalis Mansuy 1919
Invalid names: Anodontophora Cossmann 1897 [synonym], Myacites Schlotheim 1820 [replaced]
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 Pendleian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 330.30000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (700 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (England) Carbonicola pervetusta (162352)
Namurian - Westphalian330.3 - 307.4Spain Anthracomya sp. (73364)
Kinderscoutian - Marsdenian321.8 - 320.0Ireland Carbonicola sp. (8213)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Carbonicola venusta, Anthracosia regularis, Anthracosia modiolaris (124367)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Lancashire) Carbonicola communis, Carbonicola pseudorobusta, Carbonicola cristagalli (172765)
Westphalian - Stephanian318.7 - 300.3Canada (Nova Scotia) Anthracomya indet. (225475)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Anthracomya phillipsii (231845)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Spain (Asturias) Carbonicola carbonaria (225481)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Germany (Saarland) Anthracomya prolifera (233077 233078)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Texas) Anthracosia sp. (24622)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2USA (Idaho) Pleuromya subcompressa (167039 167053)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3USA (Montana) Pleuromya subcompressa (68832 68837 68838 68839)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3USA (Utah) Pleuromya subcompressa (171928 171929 171930 171952 172004 172015)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2USA (Utah) Pleuromya subcompressa (167190 167193 167195 167196 167200 167202 167204)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2USA (Wyoming) Pleuromya subcompressa (167169 167171 167172 167175 167181 167185 167187)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3USA (Montana) Pleuromya subcompressa (68848 68851 68853 68854 68856 68858 68859 68862 68865 68869 68871)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3USA (Utah) Pleuromya subcompressa (169155)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (Wyoming) Pleuromya subcompressa (172984)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Myacites recurvus (100669)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2United Kingdom (England) Myacites recurvus (70997)