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Hemiconcavodonta

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae

Taxonomy
Hemiconcavodonta was named by Sanchez (1999). Its type is Hemiconcavodonta minuta.

It was assigned to Concavodontinae by Sanchez (1999).

Species
H. minuta (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Hemiconcavodonta Sanchez

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyPraenuculidaeMcAlester 1968
subfamilyConcavodontinae
genusHemiconcavodonta

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.

G. †Hemiconcavodonta Sanchez 1999
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Hemiconcavodonta minuta Sanchez 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height42.812.004.182.750.934
valve diagonal44.18--4.18-

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: shallow infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-20 12:59:23
Modified: 2009-10-10 17:23:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Meyer et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Caradoc or 458.40000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Argentina (San Juan) H. sp., H. minuta (13513)