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Pollicidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Pollicidae

Taxonomy
Pollicidae was named by Stephenson (1953) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5145].

It was assigned to Arcticacea by Vokes (1980); and to Arcticoidea by Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Pollicidae Stephenson
1980Pollicidae Vokes p. 159
2009Pollicidae Nevesskaja
2010Pollicidae Bouchet et al.
2011Pollicidae Carter et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyArcticoidea(Newton 1891)
familyPollicidaeStephenson 1953
familyPollicidaeStephenson 1953

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. †Pollicidae Stephenson 1953
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G. †Neritra
G. †Pollex Stephenson 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:26:58
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:26:58
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Middle Turonian or 113.00000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Peru Pollex sp. (61915)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Pollex angulatus, Pollex obesus (6578) Pollex obesus (4642 6555 6630)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Pollex sinaiensis (114794)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Arizona) Pollex sp. (54146)