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Halobia septentrionalis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Halobiidae

Taxonomy
Halobia septentrionalis was named by Smith (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 10196, Keku Islet 1 (upper Carnian-lower Norian beds), which is in a Tuvalian/Lacian marine horizon in Alaska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Halobia septentrionalis Smith p. 118 figs. Pl 98, figs 1-4
1976Halobia septentrionalis Bychkov et al.
2011Halobia septentrionalis McRoberts p. 628

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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
superfamilyPosidonioideaFrech 1909
familyHalobiidae
genusHalobiaBronn 1830
speciesseptentrionalis

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: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-26 08:27:27
Modified: 2007-11-26 10:27:27
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Kaihikuan or 232.00000 to 227.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kaihikuan238.0 - 227.5USA (Nevada) Halobia septentrionalis (174391)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Canada (British Columbia) Halobia septentrionalis (114786 114930 114932 115145 115146 115147 115151)
Tuvalian - Lacian232.0 - 215.56USA (Alaska) Halobia septentrionalis (type locality: 144385)