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Deltopecten illawarrensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten illawarensis was named by Morris (1845).

It was corrected as Pecten illawarrensis by Dana (1849); it was recombined as Aviculopecten illawarensis by Hudleston (1883); it was misspelled as Deltopecten illawarensis by Clarke (1992); it was recombined as Deltopecten illawarrensis by Maxwell (1964), Waterhouse (1987), Waterhouse (1988) and Newell and Boyd (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Pecten illawarensis Morris p. 277 figs. Pl 14, fig 3
1849Pecten illawarrensis Dana p. 705 figs. Pl 9, fig 9
1883Aviculopecten illawarensis Hudleston p. 590
1964Deltopecten illawarrensis Maxwell p. 49
1987Deltopecten illawarrensis Waterhouse p. 154 figs. Pl 6, figs 6,9
1988Deltopecten illawarrensis Waterhouse p. 175
1992Deltopecten illawarensis Clarke p. 41 figs. 25A-I, 26A-F
1995Deltopecten illawarrensis Newell and Boyd p. 49 figs. 35, 36

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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)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyAviculopectinoideaMeek and Hayden 1864
familyDeltopectinidae
genusDeltopectenEtheridge 1892
speciesillawarrensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height960.133.998.059.221.8

Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 02:56:05
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:22:38
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wordian or 298.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Australia (Tasmania) Deltopecten illawarensis (105477)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (New South Wales) Pecten illawarrensis (119250)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Tasmania) Deltopecten illawarensis (105475 105478 105479 105484 105489 105493 105494 105499)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Aviculopecten illawarensis (120456)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (New South Wales) Deltopecten illawarensis (102760)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Queensland) Deltopecten illawarrensis (66208 66210 66216 66219 66240 66241 66265 66271 103947)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Queensland) Deltopecten illawarrensis (66220 66224 66233)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) Pecten illawarensis (134048)