Inoceramus prefragilis Stephenson 1952 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Full reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1952. Larger invertebrate fossils of the Woodbine formation (Cenomanian) of Texas. USGS Professional Paper (242)1-225

Belongs to Inoceramus according to W. A. Cobban 1983

See also Stephenson 1952

Sister taxa: Epiceramus, Inoceramus (Cordiceramus), Inoceramus (Endocostea), Inoceramus (Heroceramus), Inoceramus (Inoceramus), Inoceramus (Mytiloceramus), Inoceramus (Platyceramus), Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus), Inoceramus (Volviceramus), Inoceramus acutus, Inoceramus aduncus, Inoceramus aequicostatus, Inoceramus albertensis, Inoceramus altifluminis, Inoceramus amakusensis, Inoceramus americanus, Inoceramus andinus, Inoceramus anglicus, Inoceramus anilis, Inoceramus anomalus, Inoceramus anomiaeformis, Inoceramus apicalis, Inoceramus arvanus, Inoceramus baumanni, Inoceramus brownei, Inoceramus camerunensis, Inoceramus carsoni, Inoceramus chicoensis, Inoceramus colonicus, Inoceramus congoensis, Inoceramus contracostae, Inoceramus corpulentus, Inoceramus costellatus, Inoceramus coulthardi, Inoceramus coxi, Inoceramus cripsii, Inoceramus cuvieri, Inoceramus dimidius, Inoceramus dominguesi, Inoceramus dowlingi, Inoceramus dunveganensis, Inoceramus duplicostatus, Inoceramus elburzensis, Inoceramus elliotti, Inoceramus eolobatus, Inoceramus everesti, Inoceramus expansus, Inoceramus fibrosus, Inoceramus formosulus, Inoceramus fragilis, Inoceramus frechi, Inoceramus galoi, Inoceramus gervillioides, Inoceramus gibbosus, Inoceramus ginterensis, Inoceramus glacierensis, Inoceramus hamadae, Inoceramus hoppenstedtensis, Inoceramus howelli, Inoceramus incelebratus, Inoceramus inconditus, Inoceramus jacksonensis, Inoceramus klamathensis, Inoceramus kystatymensis, Inoceramus lamarcki, Inoceramus lateris, Inoceramus meekianus, Inoceramus mendocinoensis, Inoceramus mesabiensis, Inoceramus morii, Inoceramus multiformis, Inoceramus mungoensis, Inoceramus mytiliformis, Inoceramus naumanni, Inoceramus niger, Inoceramus nigrata, Inoceramus nipponicus, Inoceramus obliquus, Inoceramus ovatoides, Inoceramus ovatus, Inoceramus pacificus, Inoceramus pembertoni, Inoceramus pontoni, Inoceramus porrectus, Inoceramus problematicus, Inoceramus pseudolucifer, Inoceramus quenstedti, Inoceramus rectangulus, Inoceramus robertsoni, Inoceramus salisburgensis, Inoceramus saskatchewanensis, Inoceramus schmidti, Inoceramus scotti, Inoceramus selwyni, Inoceramus shikotanensis, Inoceramus simplex, Inoceramus simpsoni, Inoceramus sokolovi, Inoceramus stantoni, Inoceramus steinmanni, Inoceramus subdepressus, Inoceramus subundatus, Inoceramus tenuirostratus, Inoceramus turgidus, Inoceramus udylensis, Inoceramus undabundus, Inoceramus ussuriensis, Inoceramus vallejoensis, Inoceramus whitneyi, Rhachidoceramus, Rhachidoceramus (Oncoceramus)

Subtaxa: Inoceramus prefragilis stephensoni

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia collections), Colombia (2), United States (8: Colorado, Iowa, Montana, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences

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