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Anomia (jingle)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Taxonomy
Anomia was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ostreidae by Holmes (1860); to Pterioida by Givens and Kennedy (1976) and Sepkoski (2002); to Anomiinae by Beu et al. (1990), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Robinson and Lee (2011); and to Anomiidae by Stanton (1895), Glenn (1904), Nagao (1928), Oostingh (1935), Turner (1938), Mukerjee (1939), Eames (1951), Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Dockery (1982), Squires (1984), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Moore (1987), Ward (1992), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Todd (2001), Spencer et al. (2004) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Species
A. (Anomia), A. achaeus, A. aculeata, A. alta, A. andraei, A. anomialis, A. archaeus, A. argentaria, A. beryx, A. boettgeri, A. cooperi, A. costulata, A. cymbula, A. daduensis, A. ephippioides, A. ephippium, A. favrii, A. hammetti, A. hannai, A. hinnitoides, A. inconspicua, A. inornata, A. interrupta, A. jalama, A. kateruensis, A. laevigata, A. lineata, A. linensis, A. lisbonensis, A. mamillaris, A. mcgoniglensis, A. microstriata, A. mortilleti, A. navicellodies, A. nobilis, A. onslowensis, A. ornata, A. pakistanica, A. papyracea, A. paucistriata, A. peruviana (syn. A. adamas, A. limatula, A. plamasensis, A. lampe, A. berryi, A. subcostata, A. venezuelana), A. primaeva, A. prisca, A. pseudoradiata (syn. A. radiata), A. raetiformis, A. reticularis, A. ruffini (syn. A. mcgeei), A. schafhaeutli, A. senescens, A. septenaria, A. sergipensis, A. simplex, A. simplexiformis, A. striata, A. sublaevigata, A. talahabensis, A. taylorensis, A. tenuistriata, A. trigonopsis, A. vancouverensis, A. vaquerosensis, A. verbeeki
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. anomoides, A. atacamensis, A. colombiana, A. degrangei, A. glypta, A. indecisa, A. lizyensis, A. mexicana, A. micronema, A. minuta, A. perlineata, A. perlineata, A. shimoyamai, A. solitaria, A. tellinoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Anomia Linnaeus p. 700
1860Anomia Holmes p. 11
1895Anomia Stanton p. 34
1904Anomia Glenn p. 368
1928Anomia Nagao p. 106
1935Anomia Oostingh p. 155
1938Anomia Turner p. 46
1939Anomia Mukerjee p. 30
1951Anomia Eames p. 341
1976Anomia Givens and Kennedy p. 974
1977Anomia Adegoke p. 234
1980Anomia Vokes p. 59
1982Anomia Dockery p. 52
1982Anomia Woodring p. 602
1984Anomia Squires p. 44
1987Anomia Moore p. C9
1987Anomia Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1990Anomia Beu et al. p. 396
1992Anomia Squires and Demetrion p. 38
1992Anomia Ward p. 75
1998Anomia Lamprell and Healy p. 126
2001Anomia Todd
2002Anomia Sepkoski
2004Anomia Spencer et al.
2010Anomia Bouchet et al.
2011Anomia Robinson and Lee p. 140
2012Anomia Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 253

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—AnomioideiGray 1854
—AnomioiteiGray 1854
superfamilyAnomioideaRafinesque 1815
familyAnomiidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAnomia

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.

G. Anomia Linnaeus 1758 [jingle]
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Subg. Anomia (Anomia) Linnaeus 1758
Anomia achaeus Gray 1849
Anomia aculeata Müller 1776
†Anomia alta Giebel 1856
†Anomia andraei Giebel 1856
†Anomia anomialis Lamarck 1819
Anomia archaeus Gray 1849
†Anomia argentaria Morton 1833
†Anomia beryx Giebel 1856
†Anomia boettgeri Martin 1909
†Anomia cooperi Adegoke 1977
†Anomia costulata Roemer 1839
†Anomia cymbula Tate 1886
†Anomia daduensis Iqbal 1980
†Anomia ephippioides Gabb 1860
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758
†Anomia favrii Stoppani 1865
†Anomia hammetti Harris 1919
†Anomia hannai Wiedey 1929
†Anomia hinnitoides Cossmann 1887
†Anomia inconspicua Clark 1918
†Anomia inornata Gabb 1864
†Anomia interrupta Eames 1951
†Anomia jalama Dailey and Popenoe 1966
†Anomia kateruensis Hislop 1859
†Anomia laevigata Sowerby 1836
†Anomia lineata Gabb 1864
†Anomia linensis Whiteaves 1900
†Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886
†Anomia mamillaris Anderson 1929
†Anomia mcgoniglensis Hanna 1927
†Anomia microstriata Dockery 1982
†Anomia mortilleti Stoppani 1865
†Anomia navicellodies Harris 1919
Anomia nobilis Reeve 1859
†Anomia onslowensis Richards 1943
†Anomia ornata Gabb 1876
†Anomia pakistanica Eames 1951
†Anomia papyracea Orbigny 1847
†Anomia paucistriata Brown 1905
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846
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†Anomia peruviana gabbi Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
Invalid names: Anomia adamas Gray 1850 [synonym], Anomia berryi Spieker 1922 [synonym], Anomia lampe Gray 1849 [synonym], Anomia limatula Dall 1879 [synonym], Anomia plamasensis Hodson 1927 [synonym], Anomia subcostata Conrad 1855 [synonym], Anomia venezuelana Harris 1927 [synonym]
†Anomia primaeva Deshayes 1858
†Anomia prisca Gemmellaro 1896
†Anomia pseudoradiata d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Anomia radiata Sowerby 1836 [replaced]
†Anomia raetiformis Meek 1877
†Anomia reticularis Linnaeus 1758
†Anomia ruffini Conrad 1843
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Invalid names: Anomia mcgeei Clark 1895 [synonym]
†Anomia schafhaeutli Winkler 1859
†Anomia senescens Stanton 1895
†Anomia septenaria Olsson 1928
†Anomia sergipensis Maury 1936
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845
†Anomia simplexiformis Brown 1905
†Anomia striata Brocchi 1814
†Anomia sublaevigata Orbigny 1850
Anomia talahabensis Martin 1922
†Anomia taylorensis Mansfield 1940
†Anomia tenuistriata Deshayes 1824
Anomia trigonopsis Hutton 1873
†Anomia vancouverensis Gabb 1869
†Anomia vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932
Anomia verbeeki Martin 1881
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height615.511.023.015.94.49

Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: EP, IM, CE, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 13:28:34
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:28:34
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wordian to the top of the Holocene or 266.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 264.28 Ma

Collections (1378 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Anomia prisca (108672)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Pakistan Anomia sp. (127033)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Fujian) Anomia sp. 1, Anomia sp. 2 (111730)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Anomia sp. (48064 48113 118489 118560)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Anomia andraei, Anomia alta, Anomia beryx (201970)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Indonesia (Maluku) Placunopsis schafhaeutli (204487)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy (Lombardy) Ostrea costulata (38083)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy Anomia mortilleti (204975) Anomia schafhaeutli (204976 204978) Anomia schafhaeutli, Anomia favrii (204951)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France Anomia pellucida (39361)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5France (Lorraine) Anomia irregularis, Anomia pellucida (53947)
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.3 - 189.6United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Placunopsis schafhaeutli (204157)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Russian Federation Anomia sp. (129829)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Placunopsis schafhaeutli (204155 204156)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.1 - 170.3France Anomia sp. (51501)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3France Anomia sp. (34713)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1USA (Utah) Anomia sp. (171970 172015)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Hungary Anomia sp. (92056)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Anomia suprajurensis (67958)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Anomia sp. (67909)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Anomia sp. (58783)