Megalodontidae

Megalodontidae
Temporal range: Devonian–Jurassic
Shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Hippuritoida
Family: Megalodontidae
Morris & Lycett, 1853

Megalodontidae is an extinct family of bivalve Molluscs that reportedly lived from the Devonian to the Jurassic Period.

Nomenclature

A family of insects has also been called "Megalodontidae", containing the sawfly genus Megalodontes. In order to remove the homonymy, that family has been renamed Megalodontesidae.[1]

Genera[2]

  • Conchodon
  • Gemmellarodus di Stefano 1912
  • Megalodon Agassiz 1843
  • Neomegalodon Guembel 1864
  • Pachyrisma
  • Protomegalodon
  • Pterocardia Bayan 1874
  • Quemocuomegalodon Yao et al. 2003
  • Rhaetomegalodon
  • Triadomegalodon Vegh-Neubrandt 1974

References

  1. ↑ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1996). "Opinion 1829. Megalodontidae Konow, 1897 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): spelling emended to Megalodontesidae, so removing the homonymy with Megalodontidae Morris & Lycett, 1853 (Mollusca, Bivalvia)". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 53 (1): 66–67.
  2. ↑ Paleobiology Database


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