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Siliculinae

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Phaseolidae

Taxonomy
Siliculidae was named by Allen and Sanders (1973) [HISTORY: = Radiidentidae Egorova and Starobogatov 1975]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Phaseolidae by Parker (1982); it was reranked as the subfamily Siliculinae by Carter et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Phaseoloidea by Nevesskaja (2009); to Nuculanoidea by Coan et al. (2000), Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Mikkelsen and Bieler (2008) and Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Phaseolidae by Carter et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Siliculidae Allen and Sanders
1975Radiidentidae Egoreva and Starobogatov
1980Radiidentidae Vokes p. 220
2000Siliculidae Coan et al. pp. 82, 120
2006Siliculidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 228
2008Siliculidae Mikkelsen and Bieler p. 19
2009Siliculidae Nevesskaja
2010Siliculidae Bouchet et al.
2011Siliculinae Carter et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyPhaseolidaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
subfamilySiliculinae(Allen and Sanders 1973)
subfamilySiliculinae(Allen and Sanders 1973)

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.

Subfm. Siliculinae Allen and Sanders 1973
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G. Silicula Jeffreys 1879
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Silicula alleni Bernard 1989
Silicula fragilis Jeffreys 1879
Silicula sandersi Bernard 1989
Invalid names: Radiidens Egorova and Starobogatov 1975 [synonym]
Invalid names: Radiidentidae Egoreva and Starobogatov 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:26:01
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:26:01
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available