PBDB Taxon

Basic info	Taxonomic history	Classification	Included Taxa
Morphology	Ecology and taphonomy	External Literature Search	Age range and collections

Anomia achaeus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Taxonomy

Anomia achaeus was named by Gray (1849). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. aequiimpressa, A. alternans, A. anomoides, A. asagaiensis, A. atacamensis, A. besrukovi, A. bisulcata, A. burdigalensis, A. catiana, A. chinensis, A. colombiana, A. concentrica, A. cretacea, A. cryptostriata, A. cytaeum, A. degrangei, A. ephippium, A. ephippium, A. ephippium, A. fearensis, A. filamentosa, A. floridana, A. floridiana, A. foldia, A. fulleri, A. gabbi, A. girondica, A. glypta, A. gregaria, A. hataei, A. hateaei, A. hyderi, A. iljinensis, A. imbricata, A. indecisa, A. irregularis, A. jugosa, A. kavranensis, A. lamellosa, A. libyca, A. linifera, A. lintea, A. lischkei, A. lizyensis, A. malinchae, A. mareana, A. marylandica, A. meridiana, A. mexicana, A. microgrammata, A. minuta, A. multilineata, A. navicelloides, A. oligoceanica, A. olmstedi, A. pellucida, A. penderana, A. perlineata, A. phippium, A. pileata, A. planulata, A. ponticulana, A. propatoris, A. psamatheis, A. rufa, A. rugosa, A. shimoyamai, A. squammula, A. subobliqua, A. subovalis, A. subquadrata, A. sulcata, A. suprajurensis, A. suwaneensis, A. tatei, A. tellinoides, A. texana, A. umbonata, A. variata, A. ephippium, A. ephippium, A. penjica, A. perlineata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1849	Anomia achaeus Gray
1935	Anomia achaeus Oostingh p. 156

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
—	Anomioidei	Gray 1854
—	Anomioitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Anomioidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Anomiidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Anomia
species	achaeus	Gray 1849

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.

Anomia achaeus Gray 1849

show all | hide all

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitef

Composition 2:

aragonitef

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Epibiont:

yesg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:28:34

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:28:34

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

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Calabrian or 11.63000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Indonesia	Anomia achaeus (70083)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Pakistan	Anomia achaeus (77295)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Indonesia	Anomia achaeus (70087 84519 84520 84521 84526 84527 84533 84545)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	South Africa	Anomia achaeus (173265)