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Inoceramus chicoensis

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Inoceramus chicoensis Anderson p. 103 figs. Plate 55, figures 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyInoceramoideaGiebel 1852
familyInoceramidae
genusInoceramus
specieschicoensis

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.

Inoceramus chicoensis Anderson 1958
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. M. Anderson 1958Shell large at maturity, subcircular in outline, equivalve, somewhat lenticular in form ; hinge line straight, beaks subterminal, small, forming the apex of an angle of about 95° or more between the hinge line and the anterior margin of the shell ; surface marked by con­ centric ridges, or undulations ; the spaces between the ridges widening rapidly with growth ; surface otherwise smooth.