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Cimitaria

Bivalvia - Grammysiidae

Taxonomy
Cimitaria was named by Hall and Whitfield (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: D m D u].

It was assigned to Pholadomyoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Grammysiidae by Kříž (2008).

Species
C. guangxiensis, C. liscina
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. acutirostris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Cimitaria Hall and Whitfield
2002Cimitaria Sepkoski
2008Cimitaria Kříž p. 270

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
superfamilyGrammysioideaMiller 1877
familyGrammysiidaeMiller 1877
genusCimitaria

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. †Cimitaria Hall and Whitfield 1869
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†Cimitaria guangxiensis Zhang 1977
†Cimitaria liscina Kříž 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: minorg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-11 08:02:53
Modified: 2009-06-11 10:02:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Clinton to the top of the Meramecian or 439.00000 to 335.50000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clinton439.0 - 438.0Canada (British Columbia) C. sp. (5149)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic (Bohemia) C. liscina (85118)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Turkey (Istanbul) C. acutirostris (32470)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5China (Guangxi) C. guangxiensis (4800) C. sinensis (3991)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3New Zealand C. hendersoni (40522 40525 40529)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (35557)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9United Kingdom (England) C. acutirostris (38393)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9China (Guangxi) C. sinensis (4799)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Brazil (Para) C. sp. (37137)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Brazil (Piaui) C. sp. (37170)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) C. elongata (91228 91229 91245) C. elongata, C. corrugata (91246)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) C. elongata (89886) C. recurva (86268 89668 89696 89876 89879 89923 89962 90854 111343 111471)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Brazil (Para) C. sp. (37174)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4USA (New York) C. sp. (65400)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Alberta) C. sp. (62396)