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SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4587138https://www.gbif.org/species/4587138
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)17116https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17116
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Celtoconcha
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Modiomorphida : Celtoconcha
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderModiomorphida
genusCeltoconchaCope 1996
Scientific NameCeltoconcha Cope, 1996
Name Published InPalaeontology (Oxf) 39 (4), December:
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Celtoconchagenusbelongs to Modiomorphoidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance479 - 472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance479 - 472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Modiomorphida)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Modiomorphida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. C. W. Cope. 1996. Early Ordovician (Arenig) bivalves from the Llangynog Inlier, South Wales. Palaeontology 39(4):979

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1996Celtoconcha Cope
2002Celtoconcha Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Cope J. C. W. (1996) Early Ordovician (Arenig) bivalves from the Llangynog Inlier, South Wales, Palaeontology 39 4, 979
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
Palaeontology (Oxf) 39 (4), December: - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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