{"id":2730,"date":"2013-12-02T10:18:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T15:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=2730"},"modified":"2016-08-24T13:18:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T17:18:16","slug":"modiomorphidae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/","title":{"rendered":"Modiomorphidae"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\">\n<div style=\"height: 250px;\" align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"border-right: 20px solid white; float: left; width: 250px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Modiolopsis_modiolaris_250pxW.png?w=605&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 500px; border-left: 50px;\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Classification<\/strong><br \/>\nPhylum: <a title=\"Mollusca\" href=\" https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/\"> Mollusca <\/a><br \/>\nClass: <a title=\"Bivalvia\" href=\" https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/\"> Bivalvia <\/a><br \/>\nOrder: <a title=\"Modiomorphida\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/\">Modiomorphida<\/a><br \/>\nFamily: Modiomorphidae (Miller, 1877)<br \/>\nCincinnatian Genera: <em><a title=\"Corallidomus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/Corallidomus\/\">Corallidomus<\/a>, <a title=\"Cymatonota\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/Cymatonota\/\">Cymatonota<\/a>, <a title=\"Modiolodon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/Modiolodon\/\">Modiolodon<\/a>, <a title=\"Modiolopsis\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/modiolopsis\/\">Modiolopsis<\/a>, <a title=\"Orthodesma\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/Orthodesma\/\">Orthodesma<\/a>, <a title=\"Whiteavesia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/Whiteavesia\/\">Whiteavesia<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Geologic Range<\/strong><br \/>\nLower Ordovician &#8211; Lower Permian, ?Upper Permian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Common Paleoecology<\/strong><br \/>\nModiomorphidae is an extinct family of stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of the Family<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shell subovate, with or without radial ornamentation<\/li>\n<li>Anterior lobe ahead of umbones and commonly with umbonal ridge or carina extending obliquely backward from umbones to posteroventral region<\/li>\n<li>Anterior adductor generally small, deeply impressed , in many shells reinforced by bordering buttress<\/li>\n<li>Posterior adductor relatively large, ovoid<\/li>\n<li>Cardinal and posterior laterals may or may not be present.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">[accordions title=&#8221;&#8221; disabled=&#8221;false&#8221; active=&#8221;1&#8243; autoheight=&#8221;false&#8221; collapsible=&#8221;true&#8221;] [accordion title=&#8221;Published Descriptions&#8221;]<br \/>\n<em>Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N, Vol. 1 of 3 (1969)<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shell subovate with or without radial ornamentation, opisthodetic, without extended posterior wing, more or less modioloid in form, commonly , but not invariably expanded posteriorly, with anterior lobe ahead of umbones and commonly with umbonal ridge or carina extending obliquely backward from umbones to posteroventral region; anterior adductor generally small, deeply impressed , in many shells reinforced by bordering buttress; posterior adductor relatively large, ovoid; anterior laterals absent, cardinals and posterior laterals may or may not be present. It has been claimed but not satisfactorily demonstrated that some of these forms are edentulous. Some resemble Mytilacea and may represent ancestors of that group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/accordion] [\/accordions]<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"height: 300px; width: 800px;\" align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"border-right: 15px solid white; float: left; width: 250px;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Corallidomus<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/corallidomus\/\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/corallidomus-concentricus-250-black.png?resize=250%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-right: 15px solid white; float: left; width: 250px;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Cymatonota<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/cymatonota\/\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cymatonota-250-black.png?resize=250%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 250px;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Modiolodon<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/modiolodon\/\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/modiolodon-250-black.png?resize=250%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"height: 300px; width: 800px;\" align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"border-right: 15px solid white; float: left; width: 250px;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Modiolopsis<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/modiolopsis\/\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Modiolopsis_modiolaris_250pxB.png?resize=250%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-right: 15px solid white; float: left; width: 250px;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Orthodesma<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/orthodesma\/\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/orthodesma-250-black.png?resize=250%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 250px;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Whiteavesia<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/whiteavesia\/\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/whiteavesia-250-black.png?resize=250%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classification Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Modiomorphida Family: Modiomorphidae (Miller, 1877) Cincinnatian Genera: Corallidomus, Cymatonota, Modiolodon, Modiolopsis, Orthodesma, Whiteavesia Geologic Range Lower Ordovician &#8211; Lower Permian, ?Upper Permian Common Paleoecology Modiomorphidae is an extinct family of stationary epifaunal suspension feeders. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/bivalvia\/modiomorphida\/modiomorphidae\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Modiomorphidae<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2724,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2730","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3T22h-I2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2730"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13010,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2730\/revisions\/13010"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}