Inoceramus Sowerby 1814 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Parent taxon: Inoceramidae according to T. J. Wild and J. D. Stilwell 2016

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, El Qot 2006, Gebhardt 2001, Kennedy et al. 1973, Kinger and Kennedy 1980, Meek 1864, Sepkoski 2002, Stanton 1895 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Actinoceramus, Anopaeinae, Arcticeramus, Arctomytiloides, Cataceramus, Cladoceramus, Coloniceraminae, Cremnoceramus, Heroceramus, Inaequiceramus, Inoceraminae, Inoceramya, Kymatoceramus, Lenella, Magadiceramus, Mytiloides, Neocomiceramus, Parainoceramya, Platyceramus, Pseudomytiloides, Retroceramus, Sachalinoceraminae, Sergipia, Silberlingia, Sphaeroceramus, Spyridoceramus, Tenuipteria, Tethyoceramus, Trochoceramus, Turkmenia, Volviceramus, Coloniceramus, Haenleinia

Subtaxa: Epiceramus Inoceramus (Cordiceramus) Inoceramus (Endocostea) Inoceramus (Heroceramus) Inoceramus (Inoceramus) Inoceramus (Mytiloceramus) Inoceramus (Platyceramus) Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) Inoceramus (Volviceramus) Inoceramus acutus Inoceramus aduncus Inoceramus aequicostatus Inoceramus albertensis Inoceramus altifluminis Inoceramus amakusensis Inoceramus americanus Inoceramus andinus Inoceramus anglicus Inoceramus anilis Inoceramus anomalus Inoceramus anomiaeformis Inoceramus apicalis Inoceramus arvanus Inoceramus baumanni Inoceramus brownei Inoceramus camerunensis Inoceramus carsoni Inoceramus chicoensis Inoceramus colonicus Inoceramus congoensis Inoceramus contracostae Inoceramus corpulentus Inoceramus costellatus Inoceramus coulthardi Inoceramus coxi Inoceramus cripsii Inoceramus cuvieri Inoceramus dimidius Inoceramus dominguesi Inoceramus dowlingi Inoceramus dunveganensis Inoceramus duplicostatus Inoceramus elburzensis Inoceramus elliotti Inoceramus eolobatus Inoceramus everesti Inoceramus expansus Inoceramus fibrosus Inoceramus formosulus Inoceramus fragilis Inoceramus frechi Inoceramus galoi Inoceramus gervillioides Inoceramus gibbosus Inoceramus ginterensis Inoceramus glacierensis Inoceramus hamadae Inoceramus hoppenstedtensis Inoceramus howelli Inoceramus incelebratus Inoceramus inconditus Inoceramus jacksonensis Inoceramus klamathensis Inoceramus kystatymensis Inoceramus lamarcki Inoceramus lateris Inoceramus meekianus Inoceramus mendocinoensis Inoceramus mesabiensis Inoceramus morii Inoceramus multiformis Inoceramus mungoensis Inoceramus mytiliformis Inoceramus naumanni Inoceramus niger Inoceramus nigrata Inoceramus nipponicus Inoceramus obliquus Inoceramus ovatoides Inoceramus ovatus Inoceramus pacificus Inoceramus pembertoni Inoceramus pontoni Inoceramus porrectus Inoceramus prefragilis Inoceramus problematicus Inoceramus pseudolucifer Inoceramus quenstedti Inoceramus rectangulus Inoceramus robertsoni Inoceramus salisburgensis Inoceramus saskatchewanensis Inoceramus schmidti Inoceramus scotti Inoceramus selwyni Inoceramus shikotanensis Inoceramus simplex Inoceramus simpsoni Inoceramus sokolovi Inoceramus stantoni Inoceramus steinmanni Inoceramus subdepressus Inoceramus subundatus Inoceramus tenuirostratus Inoceramus turgidus Inoceramus udylensis Inoceramus undabundus Inoceramus ussuriensis Inoceramus vallejoensis Inoceramus whitneyi Rhachidoceramus Rhachidoceramus (Oncoceramus)

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (6 collections), Albania (1), Algeria (2), Angola (2), Antarctica (23), Argentina (5), Australia (13), Austria (6), Belgium (1), Brazil (12), Bulgaria (3), Cameroon (4), Canada (111: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Chile (10), China (1), Colombia (30), Cuba (3), the Czech Republic (4), Denmark (11), Ecuador (2), Egypt (14), France (20), Gabon (2), Germany (237), Greenland (11), India (6), Indian Ocean (1), Iran (3), Italy (1), Jamaica (3), Japan (167), Jordan (3), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (6), Mexico (14), Morocco (1), Mozambique (2), New Zealand (138), Nigeria (7), Peru (8), Poland (6), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (41), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (10), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1), Spain (13), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Sweden (3), Switzerland (3), Tunisia (2), Turkey (4), Turkmenistan (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (24), United States (721: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of New Caledonia (1)

• Jurassic of Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (4), Germany (3), Greenland (6), Hungary (2), India (2), Japan (16), Kenya (2), Luxembourg (1), Nepal (1), New Zealand (25), Papua New Guinea (3), the Russian Federation (30), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (27: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon)

• Triassic of Indonesia (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (29)

Total: 1905 collections including 2899 occurrences

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