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Cycloconchacea

Bivalvia - Modiomorphida

Taxonomy
Cycloconchacea was named by Ulrich (1884) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6054]. Its type is Cycloconchidae.

It was assigned to Modiomorphoida by Vokes (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Cycloconchacea Ulrich
1980Cycloconchacea Vokes p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderModiomorphida(Newell 1969)
superfamilyCycloconchaceaUlrich 1884
superfamilyCycloconchaceaUlrich 1884

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.

Superfm. †Cycloconchacea Ulrich 1884
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Fm. †Carydiidae Haffer 1959
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G. †Carydium Beushausen 1895
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†Carydium bellastriatum Conrad 1841
†Carydium boliviensis Swartz 1925
†Carydium clarkei Bailey 1986
†Carydium globularis Hall 1885
†Carydium insularis Walcott 1884
†Carydium manitobensis Whiteaves 1892
†Carydium sociale Beushausen 1895
†Carydium varicosum Hall and Whitfield 1869
Invalid names: Lamellodontidae Vogel 1962 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 08:59:20
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:11:10
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Silurian to the top of the Mississippian or 443.80000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2Bolivia Nucula boliviensis (25083)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (New Brunswick) Carydium sp. (593)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6USA (New York) Carydium gregarium (70104)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany (Eifel) Carydium indet. (24623 24625 24633)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Luxembourg Carydium sociale (232220 233203)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9United Kingdom (England) Cardium sociale (38384) Carydium sociale (38387)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) Carydium bellistriata (91091 91215 91216 91217 91248 91249 91271) Carydium bellistriata, Carydium varicosa (91250) Carydium varicosa (91239 91247)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Pennsylvania) Nucula bellastriata (9888) Nucula bellistriata (9895 9901 9907 9922)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Carydium bellistriata (89876 89877 89879 89883 89885 89886 89889 89910 89921 89922 89927 89928 89931 89933 89939 89942 89954 89957 89958 89960 89962 89963 89964 111330 111331 111416 111417 111425 111471) Carydium varicosum (70034)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New York) Carydium globularis (70106)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Poland Carydium sp. (82988)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (California) Nucula insularis (214521)