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Cheiopteria glabra

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Taxonomy
Cardium glabrum was named by Goldfuss (1837).

It was recombined as Pterochaenia (Pterochaenia) glabra by Ruzicka (1949); it was recombined as Avicula glabra by Berry and Boucot (1973); it was recombined as Cheiopteria glabra by Pojeta et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Cardium glabrum Goldfuss p. 218
1949Pterochaenia (Pterochaenia) glabra Ruzicka p. 4
1973Avicula glabra Berry and Boucot
1976Cheiopteria glabra Pojeta et al. p. 15 figs. Plate 1, figures 6, 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
familyPterineidae
genusCheiopteria
speciesglabra(Goldfuss 1837)

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.

Cheiopteria glabra Goldfuss 1837
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 18:35:53
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:10:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Pridoli or 425.60000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic Cheiopteria glabra (14166)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Morocco Avicula glabra (27393 27394)