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Pinna (Pinna) lewisi

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae

Taxonomy
Pinna lewisi was named by Waring (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 1.5 miles East of McCray Wells, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Llajas Formation of California.

It was recombined as Pinna (Pinna) lewisi by Moore (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Pinna lewisi Waring p. 785
1917Pinna lewisi Waring p. 94 figs. Pl. 15, Fig. 24
1983Pinna (Pinna) lewisi Moore p. A79 figs. Plate 21, figure 10
1984Pinna lewisi Squires p. 42 figs. Figure 10f

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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
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPinnoideaLeach 1819
familyPinnidaeLeach 1819
genusPinnaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusPinnaLinnaeus 1758
specieslewisi()

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.

Pinna (Pinna) lewisi Waring 1914
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. A. Waring 1914Shell thin, pearly, mytiliform, equivalve, truncate, and wholly open behind, hinge line long; valves triangu- lar, the apical angle being about 45 degrees; convex along the center line and flaring at the margins. Base of shell notched in the middle and convex on either side. Surface marked by five indistinct radiating ribs and concentric lines of growth.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 16:58:07
Modified: 2009-08-17 21:48:16
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Pinna lewisi (8016)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Pinna lewisi (51922)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (California) Pinna lewisi (193039 type locality: 193040)