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Spondylus (Spondylus) marisrubri

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae

Taxonomy
Spondylus marisrubri was named by Röding (1798) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Indonesia.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Spondylus (Spondylus) marisrubri by Skwarko (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Spondylus marisrubri Röding
1994Spondylus (Spondylus) marisrubri Skwarko p. f15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familySpondylidaeGray 1826
genusSpondylusLinnaeus 1758
subgenusSpondylusLinnaeus 1758
speciesmarisrubri(Röding 1798)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:12:06
Modified: 2009-08-17 21:49:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia (New Guinea) Spondylus marisrubri (42391)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Spondylus marisrubri (101415)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen Spondylus marisrubri (55372)