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Inoceramus (Inoceramus) cuvierii

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Discussion

Opinion 473 Determination of the species to be accepted as the type species of the genus Inoceramus Sowerby (J.), 1814 (class Pelecypoda) and addition of that name to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology

Taxonomy
Inoceramus cuvierii was named by Sowerby (1814). Its type specimen is BMNH 43264, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Inoceramus, Inoceramus (Inoceramus).

It was recombined as Inoceramus (Inoceramus) cuvierii by Kinger and Kennedy (1980); it was misspelled as Inoceramus cuvieri by Cobban (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. agdjakendensis, I. anakusensis, I. anglicus, I. angulatus, I. angustiundulatus, I. annulatus, I. aucella, I. australis, I. balchii, I. barsliensis, I. bererensis, I. bicorrugatus, I. bojarkensis, I. borilensis, I. cadottensis, I. conicus, I. crispi, I. curvieri, I. etheridgei, I. ewaldi, I. fiegei, I. flavus, I. gusselkaensis, I. heinzi, I. incurvus, I. ipuanus, I. kapuus, I. labiatiformis, I. labiatoidiformis, I. lapparenti, I. maedae, I. mamatensis, I. marathonensis, I. matotorus, I. nodai, I. nukeus, I. obtusus, I. opetius, I. pedalionoides, I. pertenuis, I. pochialaineni, I. proximus, I. pseudoregularis, I. quadrans, I. quatsinoensis, I. reduncus, I. renngarteni, I. richensis, I. saratoviensis, I. schloenbachi, I. schoendorfi, I. spitzbergensis, I. stilley, I. stoneleyi, I. subneocomiensis, I. subpercostatus, I. sutherlandi, I. tenuis, I. tenuistriatus, I. tenuistriatus(), I. tenuiumbonatus, I. typicus, I. urius, I. vanuxemi, I. vanuxemiformis, I. volgensis, I. waltersdorfensis, I. wandereri, I. warakius, I. yokoyamai, I. zavoljiensis, I. concentrica, I. muelleri, I. goldfussi, I. tenuilineatum, I. iburiensis, I. rhomboides, I. bornholmensis, I. guerichi, I. steenstrupi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Inoceramus cuvierii Sowerby
1980Inoceramus (Inoceramus) cuvierii Kinger and Kennedy p. 305
1983Inoceramus cuvieri Cobban p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyInoceramoideaGiebel 1852
familyInoceramidae
genusInoceramus
subgenusInoceramus
speciescuvierii(Sowerby 1814)

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
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 11:12:15
Modified: 2009-04-13 13:12:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Switzerland Inoceramus cuvieri (2163 2165 2236)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0United Kingdom (England) Inoceramus cuvieri (38497 38546 38548)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil Inoceramus cuvieri (140889)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Nebraska) Inoceramus cuvieri (88003)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Nebraska) Inoceramus cuvieri (88004)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Inoceramus cuvieri (150368)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany Inoceramus cuvierii (12631 12632 12633 12634 12635 12636 12637 12638 12639 12640 12641 12642 12643 12644 12645 12646 12647 12648 12649 12650 12651 12652 12653 12654 12655 12656 12657 12658 12659 12660 12661 12662 12663 12664 12665 12666)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Alaska) Inoceramus cuvieri (51920)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Inoceramus cuvieri (88811)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany Inoceramus cuvierii (12680)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Inoceramus cuvieri (38601 38604)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7USA (Alaska) Inoceramus cuvierii (88940 88941)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Denmark Inoceramus cuvierii (70001)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Bulgaria Inoceramus cuvieri (1332)