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Amusium pleuronectes

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea pleuronectes was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Eastern Pacific-Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Amussium, Pleuronectes.

It was recombined as Pleuronectes pleuronectes by Bronn (1832); it was recombined as Amusium pleuronectes by Oostingh (1935), Rombouts (1991), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Skwarko (1994) and Waller (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ostrea pleuronectes Linnaeus p. 696
1832Pleuronectes pleuronectes Bronn
1935Amusium pleuronectes Oostingh p. 154
1991Amusium pleuronectes Rombouts p. 4
1992Amusium pleuronectes Lamprell and Whitehead p. 18
1994Amusium pleuronectes Skwarko p. e22
2011Amusium pleuronectes Waller p. 93

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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)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusAmusium(Röding 1798)
speciespleuronectes()

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.

Amusium pleuronectes Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubg
Life habit: epifaunalsubg
Diet: suspension feedersubg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-09-09 08:16:34
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:16:34
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, o = order
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania Amusium pleuronectes (42453)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Amusium pleuronectes (70087 70110 84544)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Amusium pleuronectes (70079)