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

Manzanellidae

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Manzanellidae

Taxonomy
Manzanellidae was named by Chronic (1952) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5017; = Nucinellidae Vokes, 1956; Huxleyidae Scarato and Starobogatov 1971]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nucinellidae by Parker (1982).

It was assigned to Limopsacea by Newell (1965) and Vokes (1980); to Solemyoida by Spencer et al. (2004); and to Manzanelloidea by Coan et al. (2000), Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Mikkelsen and Bieler (2008), Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Manzanellidae Chronic
1965Manzanellidae Newell p. 17
1971Huxleyidae Scarlato and Starobogatov
1980Manzanellidae Vokes p. 21
2000Manzanellidae Coan et al. pp. 62, 68
2004Manzanellidae Spencer et al.
2006Manzanellidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 228
2008Manzanellidae Mikkelsen and Bieler p. 19
2009Manzanellidae Nevesskaja
2010Manzanellidae Bouchet et al.
2011Manzanellidae Carter et al. p. 5
2012Manzanellidae Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 47

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

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderSolemyidaNewell 1965
superfamilyManzanelloideaChronic 1952
familyManzanellidaeChronic 1952
familyManzanellidaeChronic 1952

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. Manzanellidae Chronic 1952
show all | hide all
G. Huxleyia Adams 1860
hide
Huxleyia diabolica Jousseaume 1897
Huxleyia maxima Thiele and Jaeckel 1931
Huxleyia munita Dall 1898
Huxleyia pentadonta Scarlato 1981
Huxleyia sulcata Adams 1860
Invalid names: Cyrilla Adams 1860 [synonym], Cyrillista Iredale 1929 [synonym], Diabolica Jousseaume 1897 [synonym]
G. †Manzanella Girty 1909
hide
Manzanella cryptodentata Chronic 1952
Manzanella elliptica Girty 1909
G. †Posterodonta Kauffman 1976
Invalid names: Huxleyidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1971 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Reinforcement: nof
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-15 19:18:03
Modified: 2008-11-15 21:18:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 279.30000 to 0.12600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 272.3 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (New Mexico) Manzanella elliptica (233342)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Nevada) Manzanella sp. (38745 38751 38753 38756 38759 38769 38827 38828)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Arizona) Manzanella cryptodentata (39999 40001)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Russian Federation Huxleyia snatolana (50051)
Early/Lower Miocene - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97USA (Vermont) Cyrilla sp. (22776)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Piemonte) Cyrilla rhenana (27023)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (California) Cyrilla munita (202973 202975 202988 202990 223308)