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Amusium mortoni

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten mortoni was named by Ravenel (1844) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Early Pleistocene; Atlantic Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 237 - The Grove [Waccamaw Fm], which is in a Pleistocene coastal marl in the Waccamaw Formation of South Carolina.

It was recombined as Pecten (Amusium) mortoni by Dall (1898), Glenn (1904) and Graban and Shimer (1909); it was recombined as Amussium mortoni by Böse (1906); it was recombined as Amusium mortoni by Mansfield (1932), Gardner (1943), DuBar (1958) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. zinguli, A. zinguli, A. squamulum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Pecten mortoni Ravenel p. 96
1898Pecten (Amusium) mortoni Dall p. 757
1904Pecten (Amusium) mortoni Glenn p. 372
1906Amussium mortoni Böse pp. 24, 74
1909Pecten (Amusium) mortoni Graban and Shimer p. 508
1929Pecten mortoni Anderson p. 155
1932Amusium mortoni Mansfield p. 64
1943Amusium mortoni Gardner p. 39
1958Amusium mortoni DuBar p. 160
2008Amusium mortoni Hendy 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)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusAmusium(Röding 1798)
speciesmortoni(Ravenel 1844)

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 mortoni Ravenel 1844
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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: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Pecten mortoni (88316)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten mortoni (60802)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Amusium mortoni (75037)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Veracruz) Amussium mortoni (59283)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Amusium mortoni (60940)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Amusium mortoni (60920 60932)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Amusium mortoni (60900)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Amusium mortoni (59307)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Amusium mortoni (60941)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Amusium mortoni (59487 61155)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Mexico (Veracruz) Amussium mortoni (59292)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Amusium mortoni (41501 41539 41718)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Amusium mortoni (92410 type locality: 92411)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Amusium mortoni (59314 59317 80035) Amussium mortoni (80033)