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Electroma

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Taxonomy

Electroma was named by Stoliczka (1871) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pteriidae by Vokes (1980) and Lamprell and Healy (1998); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

E. alacorvi, E. notiala

Species lacking formal opinion data

E. georgiana, E. glessaria, E. patagonica

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1871	Electroma Stoliczka
1980	Electroma Vokes p. 37
1998	Electroma Lamprell and Healy p. 100
2002	Electroma Sepkoski

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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
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pterioidea	Gray 1847
family	Pteriidae	Gray 1847
genus	Electroma	Stoliczka 1871

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. Electroma Stoliczka 1871

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†Electroma alacorvi Dillwyn 1817

†Electroma notiala Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Composition 2:

low Mg calcitef

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

10 to < 100f

Adult width:

10 to < 100f

Adult height:

10 to < 100f

Thickness:

intermediatef

Folds:

nonef

Ribbing:

minorf

Spines:

minorf

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesf

Epibiont:

yesf

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-11-26 05:06:17

Modified:

2009-08-17 21:45:10

Source: f = family, c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 85.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	Japan	E. shiranuiensis (115286 115288)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Japan	E. shiranuiensis (82336 82339)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	France	E. sp. (20816)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	New Zealand (Southland)	E. intecta (50209)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	Australia (Victoria)	E. glessaria (6267)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	E. notiala (63547 63548)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene	55.8 - 33.9	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	E. patagonica (52758)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	E. notiala (63553)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Antarctica	E. notiala (72393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Australia (Western Australia)	E. georgiana (63208 63209 96708)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	French Polynesia	E. alacorvi (194003)