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Zygochlamys actinodes

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten actinodes was named by Sowerby (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene; Argentina. COMMENTS: Type specimen based on lectotype.]. Its type specimen is NHM-L27960, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Chlamys actinodes by del Rio (1992); it was recombined as Zygochlamys actinodes by Griffin and Nielsen (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Pecten actinodes Sowerby p. 253 figs. pl. 3, fig. 33
1992Chlamys actinodes del Rio p. 24
2008Zygochlamys actinodes Griffin and Nielsen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyPectininaeWilkes 1810
tribeChlamydinivon Teppner 1922
genusZygochlamysIhering 1907
speciesactinodes(Sowerby 1846)

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.

Zygochlamys actinodes Sowerby 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:02:01
Modified: 2010-02-16 06:48:49
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Argentina Chlamys actinodes (41478 41480 41481 41482 41483)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina Chlamys actinodes (71544 71552 71554 71556 71557 71559 71567 71574 71576 71577 71578 71579 71581)