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Phelopteria gravida

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Taxonomy

Avicula gravida was named by Coquand (1862). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Phelopteria gravida by El Qot (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. approximata, P. atra, P. cincta, P. feldmanni, P. linguiformis, P. minuta, P. nitida, P. pectinoidea, P. pectinoides, P. quadrate, P. rostrata, P. ruppii, P. timberensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1862	Avicula gravida Coquand
2006	Phelopteria gravida El Qot p. 30

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pterioidea	Gray 1847
family	Pteriidae	Gray 1847
genus	Phelopteria	Stephenson 1953
species	gravida	(Coquand 1862)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Phelopteria gravida Coquand 1862

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Composition 2:

low Mg calcitef

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

10 to < 100f

Adult width:

10 to < 100f

Adult height:

10 to < 100f

Thickness:

intermediatef

Folds:

nonef

Ribbing:

minorf

Spines:

minorf

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesf

Epibiont:

yesf

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-11-26 05:06:17

Modified:

2009-08-17 21:45:10

Source: f = family, c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (17 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian	106.3 - 93.9	Egypt	Phelopteria gravida (150677 150876)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt	Phelopteria gravida (150675)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt	Phelopteria gravida (114810 114813 140578 140581 140584)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian	100.5 - 89.8	Egypt	Phelopteria gravida (150676)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Egypt	Phelopteria gravida (114799 114815 114816 140587 140588)
Middle Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Egypt	Phelopteria gravida (140623)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Egypt	Phelopteria gravida (114801)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Egypt	Phelopteria gravida (150613)