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Talochlamys pusio

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea pusio was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Eastern Atlantic. DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Indian Ocean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Pecten pusio by Pennant (1777) and Wood (1850); it was recombined as Chlamys pusio by Cox (1936), Azzaroli (1958) and Mongin (1968); it was recombined as Crassadoma pusio by Waller (1993); it was recombined as Talochlamys pusio by Alejandrino et al. (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. chathamensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ostrea pusio Linnaeus
1777Pecten pusio Pennant p. 61
1778Pecten distortus da Costa
1850Pecten pusio Wood p. 33
1936Chlamys pusio Cox p. 55
1958Chlamys pusio Azzaroli p. 110
1968Chlamys pusio Mongin p. 485
1993Hinnites distortus Poppe and Goto p. 65
1993Crassadoma pusio Waller p. 210
2000Chlamys distorta Callapez and Ferreira Soares p. 315
2011Talochlamys pusio Alejandrino et al. p. 4

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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
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyPectininaeWilkes 1810
tribeChlamydinivon Teppner 1922
genusTalochlamysIredale 1929
speciespusio()

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.

Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Chlamys distorta da Costa 1778 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:02:01
Modified: 2010-02-16 06:48:49
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Somalia Chlamys pusio (78953)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Iran Chlamys pusio (79067)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Somalia Chlamys pusio (79078)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Morocco Chlamys pusio (173160)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Spain Chlamys pusio (69787 69788 69789)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Iran Chlamys pusio (79065)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Chlamys pusio (69864 70786 70860 70861 70863 70864 70879 70880 70882 70884 70885 70886 70887)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Chlamys pusio (34723 34724 69860 70888 70890 70927)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Pecten pusio (84755 84795 84992)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Pecten pusio (84759 84764 84798 84819)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Algeria (Relizane) Crassadoma pusio (168388)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Chlamys distorta (178118)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) Crassadoma pusio (128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Chlamys distorta (122244)