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Birostrina

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy
Birostrina was named by De Luc and Sowerby (1821) [Sepkoski's age data: K Nc K Ceno-m From Crampton (1996) - First appeared in the Lower Albian and ranges into the early/middle Cenomanian]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized objectively with Actinoceramus by Crampton (1996).

It was assigned to Inoceramidae by Elder and Box (1992); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Birostrina De Luc and Sowerby p. 184
1864Actinoceramus Meek p. 32
1960Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) Jones p. 157
1992Birostrina Elder and Box p. 11
2002Birostrina Sepkoski
2003Actinoceramus Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyInoceramoideaGiebel 1852
familyInoceramidae
genusBirostrinaDe Luc and Sowerby 1821

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.

G. †Birostrina De Luc and Sowerby 1821
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†Birostrina coptensis Casey 1961
†Birostrina tamurai Matsumoto and Noda 1986
Invalid names: Actinoceramus Meek 1864 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. P. Elder and S. E. Box 1992Small, thin-shelled, inequivalve inoceramid with inflated left valve having prominent prosogyrous beak; right valve weakly inflated with poorly differentiated beak; hinge line short, thin and narrow, with or without posterior auricle; surface ornamentation of fine concentric growth lines, with or without concentric rugae or microrugae; radial folds and sulcae mayor may not be present (after Matsumoto and Noda, 1986).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:25:20
Modified: 2005-01-28 04:25:20
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Eaton 1871, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 125.00000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (99 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Antarctica B. concentrica (64194 64197)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Antarctica B. concentrica (64195 64196)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Inoceramus salomoni (87662)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica B. concentrica (64200 64205 64212 83364 83554)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Oregon) Actinoceramus concentricus (229463) Inoceramus subsulcatus (88611)
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) B. subsulcata (51597) Inoceramus coptensis (1845)
Albian113.0 - 100.5France (Picardie) Inoceramus concentricus (139923)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Peru Inoceramus concentricus (88673)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Inoceramus concentricus (87435)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Italy (Sardinia) B. concentrica, B. subsulcata, B. sulcata (2091)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Actinoceramus salomoni (56357) Inoceramus coptensis (1782) Inoceramus salomoni (1783 1785 1827) Inoceramus salomoni, Inoceramus coptensis (1834 1862)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Colombia Actinoceramus concentrica (67372) Actinoceramus subsulcatiformis (67355 67356 67357)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0France B. salomoni (56521) Inoceramus coptensis (58973)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Serbia and Montenegro Actinoceramus concentricus (234977)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Oregon) Inoceramus sulcatus, Inoceramus subsulcatus, Inoceramus salomoni (88612)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3France B. concentrica (58124) B. salomoni, B. concentrica (56845)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6France B. concentrica, B. salomoni, B. sulcata (57922) B. salomoni (58861)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Colombia Actinoceramus munsoni (67471 67473 67474 67477 67478 67485)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Ecuador Actinoceramus concentricus (61909)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3United Kingdom (England) Inoceramus coptensis (1765)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Angola B. coptensis (211028)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Brazil (Sergipe) Inoceramus concentricus (87859)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Egypt B. concentrica (98326)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3France Actinoceramus concentricus (127163) B. concentrica (56550 58933) B. salomoni (56540 58422) B. sp., B. salomoni (56529)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Antarctica Actinoceramus concentricus (106267)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Alaska) Inoceramus concentricus, Inoceramus sulcatus (88619)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France B. concentrica (58878) B. concentrica, B. subsulcata, B. sulcata (58122) B. concentrica, B. sulcata (58431 58527) B. sp. (58560) B. subsulcata, B. sulcata (56523 56543) B. sulcata (56526 56669 58363)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) B. concentrica (51673) Inoceramus concentricus, Inoceramus sulcatus, Inoceramus subsulcatus (6280)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Italy Inoceramus concentricus, Inoceramus sulcatus (12838)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt B. concentrica (98327)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Germany (Brandenburg) Actinoceramus sulcatus (126920)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Ecuador Actinoceramus concentricus (56768)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain B. concentrica (3829 3831)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mozambique Inoceramus concentricus (174809) Inoceramus concentricus, Inoceramus sulcatus (174805)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Colombia Actinoceramus irenensis (68534 68535 68536) Actinoceramus munsoni (67487 67488 67504 67509 67513 67514)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Antarctica B. concentrica (64193 64236)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt Actinoceramus concentricus (150874)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan Inoceramus concentricus (141571)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan (Iburi) Inoceramus concentricus (39654)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica B. concentrica (83359 83367)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9New Zealand Inoceramus concentricus (83439)
Ngaterian99.6 - 95.2New Zealand Inoceramus concentricus (83445)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Australia (Northern Territory) Actinoceramus nipponicus (13945 13946 90671)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Russian Federation Actinoceramus nipponicus (84217)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Russian Federation Actinoceramus costatus (84214)