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Laevidentalium

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2284737https://www.gbif.org/species/2284737
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)8181https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8181
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Dentaliida : Laevidentaliidae : Laevidentalium
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyLaevidentaliidaePalmer 1974
genusLaevidentaliumCossmann 1888
Scientific NameLaevidentalium Cossmann, 1888
Name Published InCossmann, M. (1888). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société royale malacologique de Belgique. 23: [1]-328; plates I-XII.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Laevidentaliumgenusbelongs to Dentaliidaestated without evidenceWienrich, 1999
Laevidentaliumgenusbelongs to LaevidentaliidaeimpliedWells and Houston, 2001
Laevidentaliumgenusbelongs to Scaphopodasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Laevidentaliumgenusbelongs to Laevidentaliidaestated with evidenceReynolds and Steiner, 2008
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance345 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous
Motilityslow-moving (based on Dentaliida)
Visionblind (based on Scaphopoda)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Dentaliida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Scaphopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Tate. 1899. A revision of the older Tertiary Mollusca of Australia. Part I. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23:249-277

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Laevidentalium abyplaine
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium berryi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium coruscum
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium didymum
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium eburneum
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium ensiforme
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium erectum
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium fodinense
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium gofasi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium houbricki
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium incertum
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium jaffaensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium largicrescens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium leptosceles
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium longitrorsum
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium lubricatum
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium marshae
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium martyi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium philippinarum
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium rectius
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium vegasi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium waihoraense
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium wiesei
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Laevidentalium zeidleri
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Levidentalium Cossmann, 1924GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Dentaliida : Laevidentaliidae : Levidentalium

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1888Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Cossmann p. 7
1935Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Oostingh p. 123
1947Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Gardner p. 627
1984Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Squires p. 16
1999Laevidentalium Wienrich p. 264
2001Laevidentalium Wells and Houston p. 112
2002Laevidentalium Sepkoski, Jr.
2008Laevidentalium Reynolds and Steiner
YearName and Author
1888Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Cossmann p. 7
1935Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Oostingh p. 123
1947Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Gardner p. 627
1984Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Squires p. 16
1999Laevidentalium Wienrich p. 264
2001Laevidentalium Wells and Houston p. 112
2002Laevidentalium Sepkoski, Jr.
2008Laevidentalium Reynolds and Steiner

References

Tate R. A revision of the older Tertiary Mollusca of Australia. Part I, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23, 249-277
Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247
Gardner J. R. (1947) The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 142A-H, 1-709
Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76
Wienrich G. (1999) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 2 Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 2, 188-384
Wells A., Houston W. W. K. (2001) , Zoological Catalogue of Australia: Mollusca 17 2
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Reynolds P. D., Steiner G. (2008) Chapter 7. Scaphopoda, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca, 143-161
Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique, 23, Mém. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Cossmann, M. (1888). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société royale malacologique de Belgique. 23: [1]-328; plates I-XII. - via World Register of Marine Species
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. - via World Register of Marine Species
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species
Steiner, Gerhard, and Alan R. Kabat, 2001: Catalogue of supraspecific taxa of Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema, vol. 23, no. 3. 433-460. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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