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Heteranomia

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Taxonomy
Heteranomia was named by Winckworth (1922). It is extant.

It was assigned to Anomiidae by Vokes (1980) and Marquet (2002); and to Heteranomiinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Heteranomia Winckworth p. 32
1980Heteranomia Vokes p. 60
2002Heteranomia Marquet
2010Heteranomia Bouchet et al.

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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)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—AnomioideiGray 1854
—AnomioiteiGray 1854
superfamilyAnomioideaRafinesque 1815
familyAnomiidaeRafinesque 1815
genusHeteranomiaWinckworth 1922

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.

G. Heteranomia Winckworth 1922
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†Heteranomia scabrosa Wood 1861
Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Anomia scabrosa (8025 76601) H. scabrosa (3266 3268)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) H. tubifera (8124)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark (Jutland) Pododesmus squamula (9176)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Pododesmus squamula (62882)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Pododesmus squamula (61896 61897 61898 61899 61900 61901 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 61907 62885 62886)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Pododesmus squamula (48092)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Pododesmus squamula (98312)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium Pododesmus squamula (77863 77864 77867 77868 77869)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) H. squamula (55827)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium H. squamula (86801)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) H. squamula (59003)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium H. squamula (86803 86804 86805)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium H. squamula (86807 86808)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Pododesmus squamula (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Anomia squamula (97962 97963 97964 97965 97966 97967 97968 97969 98036 98037)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland H. squamula (75055 75056 75057)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Pododesmus squamula (98199 98200 98201 98205)