Image of Chionista fluctifraga (G. B. Sowerby II 1853)

Creatures » … » Animal » … » Molluscs » Mussels » … » Venus Clams » …

Creatures » Cellular Organisms » Eukaryotes » Opisthokonts » Animal » Bilateria » Protostomes » Spiralians » Molluscs » Mussels » Autobranchia » Heteroconchia » Euheterodonta » Imparidentia » Venerida » Veneroidea » Venus Clams » Chionista «

Chionista fluctifraga (G. B. Sowerby II 1853)

ecomorphological guild

Paleobiology Database
infaunal
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Infaunal

Definition: Benthic animals which live within the seabed.

Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Infaunal

show all records
(adult)

extinction status

Paleobiology Database
extant
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/extant

Definition: This taxon is still in existence, as opposed to extinct.

Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extant_taxon

show all records

first appearance

Paleobiology Database

0.126 million years ago

(max)
Paleobiology Database
upper pleistocene age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/UpperPleistocene

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

show all records

last appearance

Paleobiology Database

0.0117 million years ago

(min)

motility

Paleobiology Database
facultatively mobile
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/facultativelyMobile

Definition: Organisms that can change location but do so infrequently, e.g., crinoids, some infaunal bivalves.

Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html

show all records
(adult)

number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

18

trophic guild

Paleobiology Database
suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

show all records