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Cymbophora popenoei

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy

Cymbophora popenoei was named by Saul (1974). Its type specimen is UCLA 40665 (=CIT 3451) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT loc. 974, Aliso-Santiago Creek Divide, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Williams 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
1974	Cymbophora popenoei Saul p. 1087 figs. P1. 1, fig. 13; P1. 2, fig. 9; P1. 3, figs. 13-15; Table 6

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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	popenoei

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 popenoei Saul 1974

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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

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

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	USA (California)	Mactra gabbiana (193034)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Cymbophora gabbiana (220366) Cymbophora popenoei (238651)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Cymbophora gabbiana (type locality: 72057 86794 214144) Cymbophora popenoei (167698 185168)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Cymbophora ashburnerii (220916) Cymbophora gabbiana (220915 220918) Cymbophora popenoei (69314 144764 185368 238653)