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Inoceramus apicalis

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy

Inoceramus lamarcki apicalis was named by Woods (1912). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Inoceramus apicalis by Cobban and Merewhether (1983) and Cobban (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

I. agdjakendensis, I. anakusensis, 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

Year	Name and author
1912	Inoceramus lamarcki apicalis Woods p. 319 figs. pl. 53, figs. 4-6
1983	Inoceramus apicalis Cobban p. 5
1983	Inoceramus apicalis Cobban and Merewhether

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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	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Myalinata	Paul 1939
order	Myalinida	Paul 1939
superfamily	Inoceramoidea	Giebel 1852
family	Inoceramidae
genus	Inoceramus
species	apicalis	(Woods 1912)

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.

†Inoceramus apicalis Woods 1912

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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: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (39 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (Minnesota)	Inoceramus apicalis (88013)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USA (South Dakota)	Inoceramus apicalis (88005)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Brazil	Inoceramus apicalis (140890)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Russian Federation	Inoceramus apicalis (84214)
Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Germany	Inoceramus apicalis (12626 12627 12628 12629 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)
Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USA (Nebraska)	Inoceramus apicalis (88004)
Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Canada (Alberta)	Inoceramus lamarcki (89208)