Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Opinion 473 Determination of the species to be accepted as the type species of the genus Inoceramus Sowerby (J.), 1814 (class Pelecypoda) and addition of that name to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology

Alternative combinations: Inoceramus cuvieri, Inoceramus cuvierii

Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1814. "A paper by Mr. Sowerby was read on a fossil shell which occurs in chalk, very frequently in the flint nodules". Annals of Philosophy 4:448

Belongs to Inoceramus according to W. A. Cobban 1983

See also Kinger and Kennedy 1980

Sister taxa: Epiceramus, Inoceramus (Cordiceramus), Inoceramus (Endocostea), Inoceramus (Heroceramus), Inoceramus (Inoceramus), Inoceramus (Mytiloceramus), Inoceramus (Platyceramus), Inoceramus (Volviceramus), Inoceramus acutus, Inoceramus aduncus, Inoceramus aequicostatus, Inoceramus albertensis, Inoceramus altifluminis, Inoceramus amakusensis, Inoceramus americanus, Inoceramus andinus, Inoceramus anilis, Inoceramus anomalus, Inoceramus anomiaeformis, Inoceramus apicalis, Inoceramus arvanus, Inoceramus baumanni, Inoceramus brongniarti, Inoceramus brownei, Inoceramus camerunensis, Inoceramus carsoni, Inoceramus chicoensis, Inoceramus colonicus, Inoceramus congoensis, Inoceramus conradi, Inoceramus contracostae, Inoceramus convexus, Inoceramus corpulentus, Inoceramus costatus, Inoceramus costellatus, Inoceramus coulthardi, Inoceramus coxi, Inoceramus cuneiformis, Inoceramus digitatus, Inoceramus dimidius, Inoceramus dominguesi, Inoceramus dowlingi, Inoceramus duplicostatus, Inoceramus elburzensis, Inoceramus elliotti, Inoceramus eolobatus, Inoceramus everesti, Inoceramus expansus, Inoceramus ezoensis, Inoceramus formosulus, Inoceramus fragilis, Inoceramus frechi, Inoceramus galoi, Inoceramus gervillioides, Inoceramus gibbosus, Inoceramus ginterensis, Inoceramus glacierensis, Inoceramus gradilis, Inoceramus hamadae, Inoceramus hobetsensis, Inoceramus hoppenstedtensis, Inoceramus howelli, Inoceramus incelebratus, Inoceramus inconditus, Inoceramus irenensis, Inoceramus jacksonensis, Inoceramus klamathensis, Inoceramus kuskokwimensis, Inoceramus kystatymensis, Inoceramus lamarcki, Inoceramus lateris, Inoceramus longealatus, Inoceramus meekianus, Inoceramus mendocinoensis, Inoceramus mesabiensis, Inoceramus morii, Inoceramus multiformis, Inoceramus mungoensis, Inoceramus mytiliformis, Inoceramus niger, Inoceramus nigrata, Inoceramus nipponicus, Inoceramus obliquus, Inoceramus ovatoides, Inoceramus ovatus, Inoceramus pacificus, Inoceramus pembertoni, Inoceramus pennatulus, Inoceramus perplexus, Inoceramus pontoni, Inoceramus porrectus, Inoceramus prefragilis, Inoceramus problematicus, Inoceramus pseudolucifer, Inoceramus quenstedti, Inoceramus rectangulus, Inoceramus robertsoni, Inoceramus rutherfordi, Inoceramus salisburgensis, Inoceramus saskatchewanensis, Inoceramus schmidti, Inoceramus scotti, Inoceramus selwyni, Inoceramus shikotanensis, Inoceramus simplex, Inoceramus simpsoni, Inoceramus sokolovi, Inoceramus stantoni, Inoceramus steinmanni, Inoceramus striatus, Inoceramus subdepressus, Inoceramus sublaevis, Inoceramus subundatus, Inoceramus tenuirostratus, Inoceramus teshioensis, Inoceramus turgidus, Inoceramus udylensis, Inoceramus undabundus, Inoceramus ussuriensis, Inoceramus vallejoensis, Inoceramus vancouverensis, Inoceramus virgatus, Inoceramus whitneyi, Inoceramus yabei, Rhachidoceramus, Rhachidoceramus (Oncoceramus)

Type specimen: BMNH 43264, a shell

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