Biology:Chlidonophoridae

Short description: Family of brachiopods

Chlidonophoridae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Rhynchonellata
Order:	Terebratulida
Family:	Chlidonophoridae Muir-Wood, 1959
Subfamilies
Chlidonophorinae Draciinae Agulhasinae Eucalathinae Orthothyridinae
Diversity
52 species

Chlidonophoridae is a family of brachiopods belonging to the order Terebratulida.

Existence

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%). 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.

Charactersistics

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.

Subtaxa

Subfamily Chlidonophorinae

• Chlidonophora
• Deslongchampsithyris
• Disculina
• Gisilina
• Meonia
• Prochlidonophora
• 'Rugia'

Subfamily Draciinae

• Dracius

Subfamily Eucalathinae

• Eucalathus
• Notozyga

Subfamily Orthothyridinae

• Orthothyris

Subfamily Agulhasiinae

• Agulhasia

Phylogeny of Chlidonophoridae

Other Taxa in Terebratulida   Terebratulidina   Other Taxa   Cancellothyridoidea    Cancellothyrididae     Inopinatarculidae      Chlidonophoridae

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3542992 entry