Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Actinodontida

Bivalvia - Actinodontida

Taxonomy
Actinodontoida was named by Douvillé (1912) [=Order Unionoida (Nevesskaja 2009)]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Unionoida by Nevesskaja (2009); it was corrected as Actinodontida by Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Bivalvia by Douvillé (1912); to Palaeoheterodonta by Newell (1965) and Cope (1997); to Heteroconchia by Fang (2006); to Heterodonta by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Carditioni by Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Actinodontoida Douvillé
1965Actinodontoida Newell p. 18
1997Actinodontoida Cope p. 738
2006Actinodontoida Fang
2010Actinodontida Bouchet et al.
2011Actinodontida Carter et al. p. 13

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderActinodontida()
orderActinodontida()

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.

Or. †Actinodontida Douvillé 1912
show all | hide all
Superfm. †Amnigenioidea Khalfin 1948
hide
Fm. †Amnigeniidae Khalfin 1948
+
G. †Amnigenia Hall 1885
G. †Taimyria Lutkevich 1951
+
Taimyria carinata Lutkevich 1951
Taimyria elegantula Lutkevich 1951
Taimyria ledaeformis Chen and Lan 1976
Taimyria longa Lutkevich 1951
Taimyria taimyrensis Lutkevich 1951
Taimyria xingningensis Zhang 1977
Invalid names: Taimyria [objective synonym]
Fm. †Zadimerodiidae Guo 1988
+
G. †Mangbuina Guo 1988
+
Mangbuina prima Guo 1988
G. †Zadimerodia Guo 1988
+
Invalid names: Montanariidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [empty]
Superfm. †Anodontopsoidea Miller 1889
hide
Fm. †Cycloconchidae Ulrich 1884
+
G. †Actinodonta Philipps 1848
+
Actinodonta cuneata Phillips and Salter 1848
Actinodonta naranjoana de Verneuil and Barrande 1855
+
Invalid names: Actinodonta cambriensis Hicks 1873 [synonym], Actinodonta homfrayi Hicks 1873 [synonym], Actinodonta ornata Hicks 1873 [synonym], Actinodonta plana Hicks 1873 [synonym]
Invalid names: Davidia Hicks 1873 [synonym]
G. †Carminodonta Cope 1996
+
Catamarcaia chaschuilensis Aceñolaza and Toselli 1977
G. †Celtoconcha Cope 1996
G. †Copidens Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
+
Copidens browni Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
+
Cycloconcha speciosa McCoy 1846
+
Invalid names: Cycloconcha orbicularis de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 [synonym]
Subfm. †Cycloconchinae Ulrich 1894
+
G. †Pseudocyrtodonta Pfab 1934
+
Pseudocyrtodonta ala Barrande 1881
Pseudocyrtodonta obtusa Barrande 1881
G. †Tatula Polechová 2013
+
Tatula petula Polechová 2013
G. †Famatinadonta Sánchez 2001
+
Famatinadonta gonzaloi Sánchez 2001
G. †Fasciculodonta Fang and Cope 2004
+
Fasciculodonta impressa Fang and Cope 2004
G. †Fortowensia Cope 1996
G. †Poladonta Sánchez et al. 2003
+
Poladonta sanjuanina Sánchez et al. 2003
Subfm. †Taselasmodinae Fang and Cope 2008
+
G. †Taselasmodum Guo 1985
+
G. †Zhenxiongella Fang and Cope 2008
+
Fm. †Intihuarellidae Sanchez and Vaccari 2003
+
G. †Cienagomya Sánchez 2005
+
Cienagomya bidentata Sánchez 2005
G. †Intihuarella Sanchez and Vaccari 2003
+
Intihuarella simplicidentata Sanchez and Vaccari 2003
Fm. †Redoniidae Babin 1966
+
G. †Dulcineaia Babin and Gutiérrez-Marco 1991
G. †Eoredonia Sánchez 2008
+
Eoredonia orientalis Sánchez 2008
G. †Moridunia Cope 1996
+
G. †Pseudoredonia Sánchez and Benedetto 2007
+
Pseudoredonia radialis Sánchez and Benedetto 2007
G. †Yunnanoredonia Fang and Cope 2004
Invalid names: Actinodontidae Davies 1933 [empty], Anodontopsidae Miller 1889 [empty], Baidiostracidae Fang and Cope 2008 [empty]
Superfm. †Nyassoidea Hall 1885
hide
Fm. †Nyassidae Hall 1885
+
G. †Nyassa Hall and Whitfield 1869
+
Nyassa parva Walcott 1884
Superfm. †Oriocrassatelloidea Boyd and Newell 1968
hide
Fm. †Crassatellopsidae Carter 2011
+
G. †Crassatellopsis Beushausen 1895
Fm. †Oriocrassatellidae Boyd and Newell 1968
+
G. †Oriocrassatella Etheridge Jr. 1907
+
Oriocrassatella compressa Maxwell 1964
Oriocrassatella elongata Boyd and Newell 1968
+
Invalid names: Oriocrassatella queenslandica Dickins 1961 [synonym]
Oriocrassatella piauiensis Anelli et al. 2012
Oriocrassatella plana Golowinsky 1869
Oriocrassatella rutogensis Liu and Cui 1983
Oriocrassatella stokesi Etheridge Jr. 1907
Oriocrassatella victori Biakov 2005
Invalid names: Procrassatella Yakovlev 1928 [synonym]
Superfm. †Palaeomuteloidea Lahusen 1897
hide
Fm. †Palaeomutelidae Weir 1967
+
G. †Neonuculites Liang 1982
+
G. †Palaeomutela Amalitsky 1892
+
Subg. †Palaeomutela (Palaeanodonta) Amalitsky 1895
+
Palaeanodonta dubia Amalitsky 1892
Palaeanodonta fischeri Amalitsky 1892
Palaeomutela australis Guerrini et al. 2020
Palaeomutela curiosa Amalitzky 1892
Palaeomutela golubevi Silantiev 2014
Palaeomutela keyserlingi Amalitzky 1892
Palaeomutela krotowi Netschajew 1894
Palaeomutela larae Silantiev 1995
Palaeomutela neglecta Jones 1890
Palaeomutela numerosa Gusev 1990
Palaeomutela oblonga Jones 1890
+
Invalid names: Anodontophora morata Reed 1935 [synonym]
Palaeomutela quadriangularis Netschajew 1894
Palaeomutela stegocephalum Netschajew 1894
Palaeomutela subparallela Amalitsky 1892
Palaeomutela ulemensis Gusev 1990
Palaeomutela umbonata Fischer 1840
Palaeomutela wohrmani Netschajew 1894
Invalid names: Hinganodon Liang 1982 [synonym], Rectodontia Tschernyschew 1943 [synonym], Solonodon Liang 1982 [synonym]
Invalid names: Actinodontoidea Douvillé 1912 [empty], Cycloconchoidea Ulrich 1884 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Arenig to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 478.60000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 477.7 Ma

Collections (222 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina Redoniidae indet., Intihuarella simplicidentata, Eoredonia orientalis (66258)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) Cienagomya bidentata (57210)
Arenig - Floian478.6 - 470.0China (Yunnan) Taselasmodum deccusatum (200941)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Ille-et-Vilaine) Actinodonta sp. (20852) Actinodonta sp., Actinodonta carinata, Actinodonta acuta (20860)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Loire-Atlantique, Ille-et-Vilaine, and Manche) Actinodonta sp. (20864)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina (La Rioja) Catamarcaia chaschuilensis (169613) Famatinadonta gonzaloi (49050)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina (Jujuy) Cienagomya bidentata (57212)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0United Kingdom (Wales) Actinodonta sp. (426)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina Catamarcaia chaschuilensis (210685) Catamarcaia sp. (8783 8875)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina (Salta) Cienagomya bidentata (57211)
Moridunian477.7 - 473.8United Kingdom (Wales) Carminodonta crossi, Celtoconcha foveata, Fortowensia grandis, Moridunia simplicidens (87601) Davidia ornata, Davidia plana, Modiolopsis ramseyensis, Modiolopsis homfrayi, Modiolopsis cambriensis (89324)
Moridunian477.7 - 473.8United Kingdom (England) Actinodonta sp. (3682)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Yunnan) Mangbuina prima (200940) Zadimerodia fastigiata, Taselasmodum septatum (200939)
Whitlandian473.8 - 470.7United Kingdom (Wales) Actinodonta ramseyensis (3713 3714 166752)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3Argentina (Jujuy) Pseudoredonia radialis (232226)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3China Fasciculodonta impressa (232224) Fasciculodonta impressa, Yunnanoredonia laevis (232222 232223) Taselasmodum decussatum, Fasciculodonta impressa, Fasciculodonta fengyiensis, Yunnanoredonia laevis (232225)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Toledo) Ananterodonta sp. (20898)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Argentina Cycloconcha sp. (8893)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Australia (Queensland) Copidens browni (77521 77760 79125)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Australia (Northern Territory) Copidens browni (79178 79179 79318)