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Placuna (Indoplacuna) birmanica

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Taxonomy
Placuna (Indoplacuna) birmanica was named by Vredenburg (1924) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Myanmar.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Mindegyi (Singu stage), which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Singu Formation of Myanmar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Placuna (Indoplacuna) birmanica Vredenburg pp. 110-111 figs. pl. 14

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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)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AnomioideiGray 1854
AnomioiteiGray 1854
superfamilyAnomioideaRafinesque 1815
familyAnomiidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPlacunaVredenburg 1924
subgenusIndoplacuna
speciesbirmanica

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: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:35:41
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:27:37
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 28.10000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Myanmar Placuna birmanica (type locality: 76589)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India Placuna birmanica (72085)