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Eburneopecten cerinus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten cerinus was named by Conrad (1869). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is James T. Thomas estate, which is in a Serravallian offshore shelf horizon in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.

It was recombined as Pecten (Pseudamusium) cerinus by Glenn (1904); it was recombined as Eburneopecten cerinus by Ward (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Pecten cerinus Conrad p. 39 figs. Plate II, Fig. 2
1904Pecten (Pseudamusium) cerinus Glenn p. 373
1992Eburneopecten cerinus Ward p. 66

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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
subfamilyPalliolinaeKorbobkov in Eberzin 1960
tribeEburneopectininiWaller 2006
genusEburneopecten(Conrad 1865)
speciescerinus(Conrad 1869)

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.

Eburneopecten cerinus Conrad 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2018-03-19 13:55:06
Modified: 2018-03-19 13:55:06
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.97000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Eburneopecten cerinus (55517)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Pecten cerinus (type locality: 55396 57782)