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Panopea eightsi

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

Taxonomy

Panopea eightsi was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 441645, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. acutisulcata, P. alabama, P. anacachoensis, P. angusta, P. angusta, P. aracuata, P. arcuata, P. arduennensis, P. attenuata, P. bellsensis, P. borealis, P. carteroni, P. cilindrica, P. corrugata, P. cottaldina, P. cuneiformis, P. curta, P. cylindrica, P. decisa, P. decisa, P. descisa, P. dupiniana, P. dupiniana, P. elliptica, P. elongata, P. fallax, P. faujasi, P. faujasii, P. floridana, P. fraillia, P. glicimeris, P. glycimeris, P. goldfussi, P. gurgitis, P. hauthali, P. hauthali, P. heberti, P. inferior, P. inferior, P. japonica, P. lata, P. lateralis, P. maccoyi, P. malvernensis, P. mandibula, P. mandibulata, P. meynardi, P. monmouthensis, P. natalensis, P. necomiensis, P. neocomiensis, P. nomurae, P. norvegica, P. nucleus, P. oppenhaimi, P. orientalis, P. ovialis, P. pastorei, P. patagonica, P. patagonica, P. penjinskensis, P. peshakovi, P. philippi, P. philippii, P. pleshakovi, P. quemadensis, P. reflexa, P. remensis, P. rostrata, P. royana, P. sierrana, P. simotomensis, P. simplex, P. smithae, P. stenopleura, P. submandibula, P. subplicata, P. torresi, P. triangula, P. tyugokuensis, P. vetula, P. whifieldi, P. xizangensis, P. angusta, P. angusta, P. menardi, P. meynardi, P. oppenheimi, P. quemadensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1992	Panopea eightsi Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 89 figs. pl. 10, figs. g, h

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Solenata	Dall 1889
order	Hiatellida
superfamily	Hiatelloidea	(Gray 1824)
family	Hiatellidae	Gray 1824
genus	Panopea	(Menard 1807)
species	eightsi

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.

†Panopea eightsi Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Life habit:

deep infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:57:42

Modified:

2009-10-11 12:07:58

Source: g = genus, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 72.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Argentina (Mendoza)	Panopea eightsi (236020)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	Panopea eightsi (63549)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.03	Antarctica	Panopea eightsi (72405)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	Panopea eightsi (63552)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Antarctica	Panopea eightsi (72393 72394 72395)