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Cuneopsis

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Taxonomy
Cuneopsis was named by Simpson (1900). It is extant.

It was assigned to Unionidae by Yin and Fürsich (1991) and Van Itterbeeck et al. (2007).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Cuneopsis Simpson
1991Cuneopsis Yin and Fürsich p. 146
2007Cuneopsis Van Itterbeeck et al. p. 69

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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)
familyUnionidaeRafinesque 1820
genusCuneopsisSimpson 1900

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. Cuneopsis Simpson 1900
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Cuneopsis giganteus Mongin 1963
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 170.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3China (Qinghai) C. johannisboehmi, C. tanggulaensis (37885)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Jilin) C. sp. 1 (29587)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian145.0 - 136.4Niger (Agadès) C. giganteus (223707)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Niger (Agadez) C. giganteus (28569)
Gashatan58.7 - 55.8China (Nei Mongol) C. sp. (71075)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Vietnam (Lang Son) Cuneopsis indet. (169422)