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Chlamys (Swiftopecten) iheringii

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy

Swiftopecten iheringii was named by del Rio (1995) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Argentina.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Chlamys (Swiftopecten) iheringii by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. ambigua, C. austriatus, C. balatonicus, C. bavarica, C. burlesonensis, C. cawcawensis, C. chathamensis, C. cocoana, C. compitum, C. coquimbensis, C. cossmanni, C. decorata, C. dewalquei, C. discor, C. discors, C. falgeri, C. ferniensis, C. glabra, C. gracilisquamosa, C. guerangeri, C. hinnitiformis, C. hopkinsi, C. interpunctata, C. jamensis, C. jamviensis, C. jinvalensis, C. laurae, C. liveoakensis, C. luciensis, C. matapwaensis, C. michellesmithi, C. multiformis, C. pertinax, C. proprius, C. riggsi, C. s., C. salamanca, C. scrabrellus, C. senatrius, C. septemplicatus, C. simpsoni, C. subaequicostata, C. subalternicostatus, C. subequicostatus, C. subliliemensis, C. subtextoria, C. subulatae, C. subvacaensis, C. tauroperstriata, C. textroia, C. townsendi, C. tullbergi, C. turomtchensis, C. vaughani, C. vaun, C. vaunwythei, C. venustula, C. vidali, C. viminea, C. vodopadnyensis, C. wahtubbeanus, C. arachnoideus, C. flabellum, C. judaica, C. perrugosa, C. nipponensis, C. spinulosa, C. concinnatus, C. nipponensis, C. crocus, C. proximus, C. subarticulatus, C. transdanubialis, C. burnetti, C. nicholsi, C. sakitoensis, C. broilii, C. fassaensis, C. paronai, C. schroeteri, Pecten bellhamellatus, Pecten nicholsi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1995	Swiftopecten iheringii del Rio
2007	Chlamys (Swiftopecten) iheringii Hendy

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Pectinidina	(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamily	Pectinoidea	Rafinesque 1815
—	Pectinoidae	Rafinesque 1815
family	Pectinidae	Wilkes 1810
genus	Chlamys	Röding 1798
subgenus	Swiftopecten	(Hertlein 1935)
species	iheringii	(del Rio 1995)

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.

†Chlamys (Swiftopecten) iheringii del Rio 1995

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calciteg

Composition 2:

aragoniteg

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

limitedf

Created:

2007-10-05 05:06:05

Modified:

2009-09-09 10:19:15

Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.71000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene	37.71 - 27.3	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	Swiftopecten iheringii (42491)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Eocene	33.9 - 33.9	Argentina	Swiftopecten iheringii (187187)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene	27.3 - 15.98	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	Swiftopecten iheringii (48068)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	Swiftopecten iheringii (142224)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Argentina	Swiftopecten iheringii (66156 71403)