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⇱ Sphaera corrugata

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8512119https://www.gbif.org/species/8512119
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)323162https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=323162
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Sphaera : Sphaera corrugata
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Sphaera : Sphaera corrugata
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
-LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyFimbriinae
genusSphaeraSowerby 1822
speciesSphaera corrugataJ.Sowerby 1822
Generic NameSphaera
Scientific NameSphaera corrugata J.Sowerby, 1822
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sphaera corrugataspeciesbelongs to Sphaerastated with evidenceSowerby, 1822
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance140 - 130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Lucinidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietchemosymbiotic (based on Lucinidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Lucinidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1822Sphaera corrugata Sowerby p. 42 figs. Pl. 335
1916Sphaera corrugata Douvillé p. 160 figs. Pl. 20, Fig. 8-9

References

Douvillé H. (1916) Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez, Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54 2, 1-184
Monari, S. (2003) A new genus and species of fimbriid bivalve from the Kimmeridgian of the western Pontides, Turkey, and the phylogeny of the Jurassic Fimbriidae: Palaeontology. 46(5): 857-884 - via Catalogue of Life
Monari, S. (2003). A new genus and species of fimbriid bivalve from the Kimmeridgian of the western Pontides, Turkey, and the phylogeny of the Jurassic Fimbriidae. Palaeontology. 46(5): 857-884. - via World Register of Marine Species
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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