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Semipallium

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Semipallium Lamy p. 169
1929Chlamys (Belchlamys) Iredale p. 164
1992Chlamys (Belchlamys) Lamprell and Whitehead p. 22
1992Semipallium Lamprell and Whitehead p. 28
2002Belchlamys Kosnik
2002Semipallium Sepkoski
2004Semipallium Spencer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyChlamydinaevon Teppner 1922
genusSemipalliumLamy 1928

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. Semipallium Lamy 1928
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Semipallium foulcheri Tenison Woods 1865
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Invalid names: Notochlamys antecedens Singleton 1941 [synonym]
Semipallium hallae Cotton 1960
Semipallium tigris Lamarck 1819
Semipallium trigris Lamarck 1819
Invalid names: Belchlamys Iredale 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:02:01
Modified: 2010-02-16 06:48:49
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Notochlamys antecedens (70637 70639)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) S. foulcheri (72199 72236 72237)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) Pecten foulcheri (72221)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (South Australia) S. foulcheri (72198)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) S. foulcheri (72193 72200 72229 72230)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Western Australia) Notochlamys antecedens (70715 70718) Notochlamys foulcheri (70717) Notochlamys foulcheri, Notochlamys antecedens (70714 70722)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) S. foulcheri (72197 72201)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Western Australia) S. sp. (63310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya S. radula (81072 81075)