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Sportellidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Sportellidae Dall
1904Sportellidae Glenn p. 323
1980Sportellidae Vokes p. 115
1982Sportellidae Dockery p. 64
1987Sportellidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1990Sportellidae Beu et al. p. 397
2005Sportellidae Rosenberg
2009Sportellidae Nevesskaja
2010Sportellidae Bouchet et al.
2011Sportellidae 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
suborderLeptonidinaDall 1889
superfamilyCyamioidea(Philippi 1845)
familySportellidaeDall 1899
familySportellidaeDall 1899

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. Sportellidae Dall 1899
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G. Anisodonta Deshayes 1858
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Anisodonta rugulosa Deshayes 1857
Anisodonta subalata Gatcliff 1910
Anisodonta subovata Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
G. Basterotia Mayer in Hörnes 1859
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Subg. Basterotia (Basterotia) Mayer in Hörnes 1859
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Basterotia (Basterotia) corbuloides Mayer in Hörnes 1859
Basterotia (Basterotia) pustula Nowell-Usticke 1971
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Invalid names: Poromya granatina Dall 1881 [synonym]
Basterotia carolina Dall 1900
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Invalid names: Basterotia hertleini Durham 1950 [synonym]
Basterotia prima Aldrich 1921
Invalid names: Eucharis Récluz 1850 [replaced], Harlea Gray 1842 [replaced]
G. †Cerullia
G. Fabella Conrad 1863
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Fabella pilsbryi Dall 1899
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Hindsiella acuta Dall 1900
Hindsiella corsonensis Speden 1970
Hindsiella faba Meyer 1886
G. †Isoconcha Dautzenberg 1911
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Subg. †Isoconcha (Benthoquetia) Iredale 1907
G. Sportella Deshayes 1858
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Sportella bezanconi Cossmann 1882
Sportella callosa Deshayes 1857
Sportella fabula Cossmann 1887
Sportella gregorioi Cossman 1893
Sportella leura Gardner 1947
Sportella oblonga Conrad 1848
Sportella patuxentia Glenn 1904
Sportella pelex Dall 1900
Sportella recussa Glenn 1904
Sportella variabilis Cossmann 1887
Sportella whitfieldi Dall 1900
Sportella yamanii Abbass 1972
G. †Vokesella Chavan 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN/BA, SU according to Todd (2001).f
Created: 2009-07-06 16:18:00
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:26:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 254.14000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 251.902 Ma

Collections (107 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Pakistan Eucharis grandaeva (81504)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Hindsiella corsonensis (88510)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Hindsiella corsonensis (1320)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Sportellidae indet. (5601 5602)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium Fulcrella fallaciosa, Hindsiella praecursor, Sportella subaequilateralis (22931)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Basterotia prima (90818 92034 92352 98365)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Anisodonta sp. (8104)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica (Seymour Island) Anisodonta truncilla (63548 63549)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) Sportella oblonga (92269)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) Sportella yamanii (42459)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Sportella divaricata (90883)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Fulcrella sulcatina, Sportella sp. (8125) Sportella dubia, Anisodonta rugulosa (8124)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Hindsiella faber (205489) Sportella alabamensis (81282 98387) Sportella gregorioi (98297) Sportella gregorioi, Hindsiella faba (90600)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) Anisodonta subovata (63553)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Sportella oblonga (5867 5941 5943 5944 5947 6002 6005 6006 66310 66332)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) Basterotia biali, Basterotia corbuloides (74865)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Anisodonta duvergieri (62883)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Sportella whitfieldi (59335)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Basterotia ambona (92549 92568) Basterotia ambona, Basterotia miocenica (89575 92379 92460 92556 92562) Basterotia miocenica (89576 92554 92561) Hindsiella nephritica (42443) Sportella leura (42366) Sportella lioconcha (42642 42663) Sportella lioconcha, Sportella unicarinata (42605 42657) Sportella obolus, Sportella lioconcha, Sportella unicarinata, Sportella lubrica (42482) Sportella unicarinata (42678)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Anisodonta biali (77402)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Sportellidae indet. (157830 160970)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Netherlands Anisodonta duvergieri (186883 186884)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Sportella leura (68970) Sportella lioconcha (42692 42870 42886 42892 80018 111204 136943)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Sportella jubata (63432 63439)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Anisodonta carolina (58893) Ensitellops elongata (58895) Sportella calpix (59310) Sportella constricta (59307)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Basterotia bowdeniana (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Sportella constricta, Sportella protexta (59484)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Anisodonta sp. (61296)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Basterotia quadrata (131210)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Basterotia hertleini (226581)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) Ensitellops elongata, Fabella calpix (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Anisodonta americana (79338) Anisodonta americana, Ensitellops elongata, Fabella dalli, Fabella navicula, Basterotia floridana (79331) Ensitellops sp. a (41501) Ensitellops tabula, Ensitellops elliptica (79336)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Anisodonta carolina (58898) Ensitellops elongata, Anisodonta carolina (58897) Ensitellops protexta (60986 60987 60988 60989) Sportella gibberosa, Sportella waccamawensis, Sportella compressa (59316)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan Anisodonta gouldi (96970 97028) Anisodonta recluzii (97029)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Ecuador Basterotia quadrata, Basterotia peninsulare (62040)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Sportella constricta, Sportella calpix, Sportella gibberosa, Sportella waccamawensis, Sportella compressa (59313)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Sportella sp. (237610)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Basterotia sp., Fabella dalli (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ensitellops protextus (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Anisodonta elliptica (66751 66752)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Anisodonta gouldi (97961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Basterotia sp. (69046) Sportella constricta, Sportella protexta, Anisodonta elliptica (66760) Sportella protexta (66758) Sportella sp. (60928 79706)