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Brechites (watering pot shell)

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Penicillidae

Taxonomy
Brechites was named by Guettard (1770) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8732]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Clavagellidae by Vokes (1980), Lamprell and Healy (1998); to Penicillidae by Morton (2007); and to Brechitinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species
B. (Brechites)
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. vaginifer
Entered
by M. Kosnik on 2003-10-17; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1770Brechites Guettard
1770Brechites (Brechites) Guettard
1980Brechites Vokes p. 257
1998Brechites Lamprell and Healy p. 222
1998Brechites (Brechites) Lamprell and Healy p. 222
2007Brechites Morton p. 49
2010Brechites Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPandoridaStewart 1930
superfamilyClavagelloidea(d'Orbigny 1844)
familyPenicillidaeGray 1858
genusBrechitesGuettard 1770

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.

G. Brechites Guettard 1770 [watering pot shell]
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Invalid names: Brechites (Brechites) Guettard 1770 [invalid subgroup]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Australia (Western Australia) Brechites australis (278573)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Taiwan Brechites sp. (96336)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Eritrea Brechites vaginifer (101415)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Yemen Brechites vaginifer (55371)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Brechites australis (63321)