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Cymbophora buttensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy

Cymbophora buttensis was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is CAS 10643 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 1125, mile west of Pentz, which is in a Campanian marine sandstone in the Chico Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. appressa, C. araucana, C. asburnerii, C. berryi, C. cancellosa, C. canonensis, C. conradi, C. emmonsi, C. ezoensis, C. gracilis, C. hetonaiensis, C. holmesi, C. huerfanensis, C. inflata, C. lintea, C. puteana, C. saccellana, C. scabellum, C. schucherti, C. securis, C. simpsonensis, C. spooneri, C. subtilis, C. tellinoides, C. trigonalis, C. utahensis, C. wordeni

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1958	Cymbophora buttensis Anderson p. 145 figs. Plate 61, figure 3
1974	Cymbophora buttensis Saul p. 1088 figs. s P1. 1, figs. 8-9; Pl. 2, figs. 5-6; Pl. 3, figs. 7-8; Table 7

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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	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Mactroidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Mactridae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Mactrinae	Lamarck 1809
genus	Cymbophora
species	buttensis

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.

†Cymbophora buttensis Anderson 1958

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:48:47

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:48:47

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Cymbophora buttensis (3890 type locality: 44274 86790)