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Undulomya pleiopleura

Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae

Taxonomy
Undulomya pleiopleura was named by Fletcher (1946) [University of Western Australia]. Its type specimen is UWA WF10.1A, a valve (Right valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is UWA WF10.1, Coolkilya Flat, Wandagee Hill, which is in a Roadian coastal siliciclastic in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Undulomya singaporensis by Morris et al. (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Undulomya pleiopleura Fletcher p. 399 figs. Pl 34, figs 1-5; pl 35, fig 1
1956Undulomya pleiopleura Dickins p. 29 figs. Pl 4, figs 6-8
1965Undulomya pleiopleura Dickins and Shah p. 254 figs. Pl 16, figs 9,10; pl 17, fig 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
superfamilyGrammysioideaMiller 1877
familySanguinolitidaeMiller 1877
subfamilyUndulomyinaeAstafieva-Urbajtis 1973
genusUndulomya
speciespleiopleura

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.

Undulomya pleiopleura Fletcher 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height436.434.040.036.03.00

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 Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Western Australia) Undulomya pleiopleura (83628)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (Western Australia) Undulomya pleiopleura (90231 type locality: 108411 108412)