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Amusium

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Amussium was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant. Its type is Ostrea pleuronectes.

It was reranked as Pecten (Amusium) by Dall (1898), Glenn (1904), Arnold (1906), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), DuBar (1958); it was reranked as Pecten (Amussium) by Martin (1909), Vredenburg (1928); it was corrected as Amusium by Oostingh (1935), Gardner (1943), Marasti (1973), Addicott (1974), Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Moore (1984), Gibson (1987), del Rio (1992), Todd (2001), Bouchet et al. (2010), Smith et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Pecten by Dall (1898), Glenn (1904), Arnold (1906), Martin (1909), Vredenburg (1928), Grant and IV and Gale (1931); to Propeamussiidae by Vokes (1980), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Amusiidae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Pectinidae by Oostingh (1935), Gardner (1943), DuBar (1958), Marasti (1973), Addicott (1974), Woodring (1982), Moore (1984), Gibson (1987), del Rio (1992), Todd (2001), Smith et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Amussium Röding
1832Pleuronectes Bronn p. 624
1840Pleuronectia Swainson
1886Pecten (Pleuronectia) Aldrich p. 40
1898Pecten (Amusium) Dall p. 757
1904Pecten (Amusium) Glenn p. 372
1906Pecten (Amusium) Arnold p. 50
1909Pecten (Amussium) Martin p. 349
1928Pecten (Amussium) Vredenburg p. 430
1931Pecten (Amusium) Grant, IV and Gale p. 230
1935Amusium Oostingh p. 154
1943Amusium Gardner p. 39
1957Pleuronectes Stinton p. 90
1958Pecten (Amusium) DuBar p. 160
1973Amusium Marasti p. 101
1974Amusium Addicott p. 180
1980Amusium Vokes p. 50
1982Amusium Woodring p. 586
1984Amusium Moore p. B66
1987Amusium Gibson p. 77
1992Amussium Lamprell and Whitehead p. 18
1992Amusium del Rio p. 22
2001Amusium Todd
2002Amussium Sepkoski
2010Amusium Bouchet et al.
2021Amusium Smith 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)

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.

G. Amusium Röding 1798
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†Amusium aguaclarensis Hodson 1927
†Amusium balloti Bernardi 1861
†Amusium bocasense Olsson 1922
†Amusium darwinianum d'Orbigny 1846
†Amusium filosum Hauer 1857
†Amusium hulshofi Martin 1883
†Amusium lucens Tate 1886
†Amusium mimyum Woodring 1982
†Amusium mortoni Ravenel 1844
†Amusium orientale Dey 1961
†Amusium papyraceum Gabb 1873
†Amusium paris del Rio 1992
Amusium pleuronectes Linnaeus 1758
†Amusium sol Brown and Pilsbry 1913
†Amusium toulae Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Invalid names: Amusium luna Brown and Pilsbry 1913 [synonym]
†Amussium alazanum Cooke 1928
†Amussium destefanii Ugolini 1903
†Amussium lompocensis Arnold 1906
†Amussium squamulum Lamarck 1806
†Amussium subcorneum d'Archaic and Haime 1854
†Pecten (Amusium) condoni Hertlein 1925
Pecten (Amusium) japonicus Gmelin in Linnæus 1790
Invalid names: Pleuronectes Bronn 1832 [synonym], Pleuronectia Swainson 1840 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Asbian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 339.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 335.9 Ma

Collections (332 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Pseudamusium sp. (211905 211912)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) Pseudamusium sp. (5991)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Pseudamusium sp. (211904)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (England) Pseudamusium sp. (8253)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Pseudamusium sp. (116650)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Afghanistan (Hindu kush) Pleuronectes laevigatus (123743)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Pleuronectes laevigatus (66100)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Slovenia A. filosum (160963)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Filopecten filosus (61747 61748)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy (Lombardy) Amussium filosum (85247 85248 85249 85250 85251 85252 85253)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Germany Pecten filosus (206009)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Austria (Tyrol) Pecten filosus (202331)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Austria Pecten filosus (206040)
Julian - Tuvalian237.0 - 227.3Italy Filopecten filosus (61749)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Austria (Tyrol) Pecten filosus (203207)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7USA (Alaska) A. sp. (97816)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5France Amussium securis (39215)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5France Amussium securis (39379)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Vietnam (South Viet-Nam) Parvamussium donaiense (37217)
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1USA (Alaska) A. sp. (112406)