Chlidonophoridae
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Chlidonophoridae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | Rhynchonellata |
Order: | Terebratulida |
Family: | Chlidonophoridae Muir-Wood, 1959 |
Subfamilies | |
Diversity | |
52 species |
Chlidonophoridae is a family of brachiopods belonging to the order Terebratulida.[1]
Existence
[edit]Fossils of Chlidonophoridae have been discovered as early as 191-183 MYA in the Jurassic period. her has a total of 52 species out of which 25 are extant to the present day (48%).[2] There have been a total of 697 occurrences of the genus, most located in the Gulf of Mexico, North coast of Europe, West of Australia, East of Africa and South of South America.[1]
Charactersistics
[edit]All species of Chlidonophoridae are blind like all species of Rhynchonellata. They are stationary and are attached to a surface. They are suspension feeders also called filter feeders and their diet consists of suspended food particles like phytoplankton. They also have a taphonomy of low Mg calcite like all other brachiopods. [2]
Subtaxa
[edit]Subfamily Chlidonophorinae
[edit]Subfamily Eucalathinae
[edit]Subfamily Orthothyridinae
[edit]Subfamily Agulhasiinae
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Chlidonophoridae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-11-09.