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, Elder and Box 1992, Gebhardt 2001, Kennedy et al. 1973, Kinger and Kennedy 1980, Meek 1864, Sepkoski 2002, Stanton 1895 and Vokes 1980

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

Subtaxa: 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 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 cuvieri Inoceramus digitatus Inoceramus dimidius Inoceramus dominguesi Inoceramus dowlingi Inoceramus duplicostatus Inoceramus elburzensis Inoceramus elliotti Inoceramus eolobatus Inoceramus everesti Inoceramus expansus Inoceramus ezoensis Inoceramus fibrosus 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 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 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)

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Motuan of New Zealand (17 collections)

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (6), Albania (1), Algeria (2), Angola (1), Antarctica (21), Argentina (6), Australia (14), Austria (6), Belgium (1), Brazil (12), Bulgaria (3), Cameroon (4), Canada (100: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Chile (11), China (1), Colombia (15), Cuba (3), the Czech Republic (4), Denmark (6), Ecuador (1), Egypt (14), France (17), Gabon (2), Germany (210), Greenland (4), India (5), Indian Ocean (1), Iran (3), Italy (1), Jamaica (3), Japan (134), Jordan (3), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (6), Mexico (12), Morocco (1), Mozambique (2), New Zealand (121), Nigeria (7), Peru (7), Poland (6), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (41), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (8), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1), Spain (12), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), Sweden (3), Switzerland (3), Tunisia (2), Turkey (4), Turkmenistan (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (23), United States (700: 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)

• Heterian of New Zealand (7)

• Temaikan of New Zealand (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 (17), 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: 1772 collections including 2503 occurrences

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