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Anodontopsidae

Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Anodontopsidae

Taxonomy

Anodontopsidae was named by Miller (1889).

It was assigned to Heterodonta by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Anodontopsoidea by Carter et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Allodesma, Anodontopsis, Orthodontiscus

Synonyms

Allodesmatidae was named by Dall (1895) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5031].

It was synonymized subjectively with Anodontopsidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Cycloconchacea by Vokes (1980); and to Cycloconchoidea by Nevesskaja (2009).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1889	Anodontopsidae Miller
1895	Allodesmatidae Dall
1980	Allodesmatidae Vokes p. 71
2009	Allodesmatidae Nevesskaja
2010	Anodontopsidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Anodontopsidae Carter et al. p. 13

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Actinodontida	()
superfamily	Anodontopsoidea	Miller 1889
family	Anodontopsidae	Miller 1889
family	Anodontopsidae	Miller 1889

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.

Fm. †Anodontopsidae Miller 1889

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Invalid names: Allodesmatidae Dall 1895 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilec

Life habit:

infaunalc

Diet:

suspension feederc

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2004-02-28 11:33:36

Modified:

2010-02-12 03:59:35

Source: c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Longvillian to the top of the Ludlow or 457.20000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Sandbian - Katian	458.2 - 445.2	Norway (Oppland)	Allodesma elegantula (194681)
Shermanian	457.3 - 449.6	USA (Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa)	Allodesma sp. (23552)
Shermanian	457.3 - 449.6	USA (Minnesota)	Allodesma subellipticum (174070)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian	457.2 - 454.0	China (ShanXi)	Allodesma sp. (7918)
Hirnantian	445.2 - 443.1	Sweden (Jamtland)	Allodesma sp. (153332)
Llandovery	443.1 - 432.9	Paraguay	Anodontopsis austrina (25570)
Llandovery - Wenlock	443.1 - 426.7	Brazil	Anodontopsis putilla, Anodontopsis austrina (25622)
Telychian	438.6 - 432.9	United Kingdom (Scotland)	Anodontopsis lucina (23301 23302)
Telychian	438.6 - 432.9	China (Guizhou)	Anodontopsis sp. (27784)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	China (Yunnan)	Anodontopsis sp. (27771)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	United Kingdom (Wales)	Anodontopsis securiformis (74670 74805)