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Naiadites

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Taxonomy
Naiadites was named by Dawson (1860). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Myalinidae by Pruvost (1919), Vokes (1980); and to Naiaditidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data
N. carinata, N. crassa, N. flexuosus, N. tarini, N. teckaensis, N. tumidus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Naiadites Dawson p. 43
1919Naiadites Pruvost p. 8
1980Naiadites Vokes pp. 31, 32
2010Naiadites Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAmbonychioidea(Miller 1877)
familyMyalinidaeFrech 1891
genusNaiaditesDawson 1860

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. †Naiadites Dawson 1860
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Invalid names: Anthracoptera Salter [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Modified: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Eaton 1871

Age range: base of the Chesterian to the top of the Westphalian C or 335.40000 to 309.80000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) N. crassa (6369)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (West Virginia) N. sp. (92956 92971)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Arkansas) N. sp. (5517)
Namurian - Westphalian330.3 - 307.4Spain N. carinata (73362) N. sp. (73363 73364)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6United Kingdom (England) N. tumidus (8624)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.4 - 307.0Argentina (Chubut) N. teckaensis (39936)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9Argentina (Chubut) N. sp. (43623)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) N. flexuosus (124367)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Belgium Naiadites indet. (225581)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Lancashire) N. flexuosus (172765)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Spain (Asturias) N. tarini (225481)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8United Kingdom (England) Anthracoptera sp. (122564)