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Lyonsiidae

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Lyonsiidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Lyonsiidae Fischer
1965Lyonsiidae Newell p. 21
1980Lyonsiidae Vokes p. 208
1983Spinolyonsiellidae Scarlato and Starobogatov
2000Lyonsiidae Coan et al. p. 466
2006Lyonsiidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 231
2009Lyonsiidae Nevesskaja
2010Lyonsiidae Bouchet et al.
2011Lyonsiidae Carter et al. p. 18

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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
—PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPandoridaStewart 1930
superfamilyPandoroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLyonsiidaeFischer 1887
familyLyonsiidaeFischer 1887

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.

Fm. Lyonsiidae Fischer 1887
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G. Lyonsia Turton 1822
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Lyonsia arenosa Möller 1842
Lyonsia californica Conrad 1837
†Lyonsia heberti Deshayes 1857
Lyonsia hyalina Conrad 1831
†Lyonsia pakistanica Eames 1951
†Lyonsia subaequilateralis Lundgren 1895
†Lyonsia venturaensis Clark and Woodford 1927
Invalid names: Pandorina Scacchi 1833 [synonym]
G. Mytilimeria Conrad 1837
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Invalid names: Spinolyonsiellidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1983 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).f
Created: 2009-07-04 09:09:45
Modified: 2009-09-27 11:46:21
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Planorbis to the top of the Holocene or 201.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 196.5 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5France Lyonsia socialis (39215)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5France Lyonsia socialis (39379)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Lyonsia baltica (35263) Lyonsia sp. (35264 35267) Lyonsia sp., Lyonsia baltica (35266)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Lyonsia venturaensis (36862 52422 52425)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Mytilimeria sp. (205484)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Lyonsia sp. (40916)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark (Jutland) Lyonsia obovata (9176)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Netherlands Lyonsia norvegica (186883)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Lyonsia norwegica (61902 62885 62887)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Allogramma miocaenica (95167)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Lyonsia mooreae (37402)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium Lyonsia sp. (77868)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Lyonsia mermuysi (86801 86802)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Lyonsia califomica (96885)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan Lyonsia sp. (55398)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Lyonsia hyalina (131210)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Lyonsia mermuysi (86803 86804 86805)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Lyonsia californica (186031)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Mytilimeria nuttalli, Lyonsia californica (222663 222664 222665) Mytilimeria nuttallii (96884) Mytilimeria nuttallii, Lyonsia californica (138723)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Mytilimeria nuttallii (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Lyonsia arenosa (227040)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Lyonsia hyalina (57705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Lyonsia californica (222659 222660 222662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Lyonsia hyalina (66720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Lyonsia arenosa (66339)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland (Disko Island) Lyonsia arenosa (227046)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Lyonsia arenosa (48462 48464) Lyonsia hyalina (74987)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (New Brunswick) Lyonsia arenosa (66531)