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Sowerbyidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sowerbyidae

Taxonomy
Sowerbyidae was named by Cox (1929) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5199].

It was assigned to Tellinacea by Vokes (1980); to Donacoidea by Nevesskaja (2009); and to Tellinoidea by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Sowerbyidae Cox
1980Sowerbyidae Vokes p. 153
2009Sowerbyidae Nevesskaja
2010Sowerbyidae Bouchet et al.
2011Sowerbyidae Carter et al. p. 16
2014Sowerbyidae Ros-Franch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familySowerbyidaeCox 1929
familySowerbyidaeCox 1929

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. †Sowerbyidae Cox 1929
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G. †Rhaetidia Bittner 1895
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†Rhaetidia salomoni Bittner 1895
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Invalid names: Corbula praenuntia Stoppani 1860 [replaced]
†Rhaetidia timorensis Krumbeck 1924
†Rhaetidia zittelii Bittner 1895
G. †Sowerbya d'Orbigny 1850
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†Sowerbya singhi Kanjilal 1980
Invalid names: Isodonta Buvignier 1851 [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 13:31:57
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:31:57
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 242.00000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Italy (Trento) Tellina praenuntia (202272)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy (Trentino) Rhaetidia zitteli (44953)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Indonesia (Timor) Rhaetidia timorensis (205176 205303)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Rhaetidia zittelii (144634)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Peru Isodonta neotropica (206470)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5France (Lorraine) Isodonta engelhardti (53947)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Isodonta sp. (204117)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Isodonta woodwardi (204064)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India Sowerbya truncata (68667)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2India (Gujarat) Sowerbya singhi (46441)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Sowerbya sp. (68385)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Sowerbya triangularis (1558 1559 1561 1565 1599 1606 1608 1914 1915 2104)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Somalia Isodonta triangularis (94525)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Sowerbya triangularis (4092 4093)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Sowerbya triangularis (5938)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Normandy) Sowerbya triangularis (4080 4852)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Sowerbya triangularis (4082 4779 4783 4786 4789)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Sowerbya sp. (22816) Sowerbya triangularis (4087)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Sowerbya triangularis (4077 4859 4907)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (England) Sowerbya triangularis (1566)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Sowerbya deshayesea (7080)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Sowerbya deshayesea (5957 67939 67952)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Isodonta triangularis (212028)