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Aviculopecten arctisulcatus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Taxonomy

Aviculopecten arctisulcatus was named by Newell (1938). Its type specimen is KUMIP 234,235 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. aguisgranensis, A. clathratus, A. delepinei, A. dissimilis, A. fallax, A. gentilis, A. grandicosta, A. incrassatus, A. intercostatus, A. interstitialis, A. jemsensis, A. kokscharoffi, A. losseni, A. marbuti, A. murchisoni, A. nexilis, A. nodocostata, A. planoclathratus, A. plicatus, A. sedgwicki, A. serratus, A. tabulatus, A. tenuis, A. texanus, A. tomlinsoni, A. ufensis, A. wellsi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1937	Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Newell
1938	Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Newell p. 50 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-3
1995	Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Kues p. 77 fig. 7.36,7.37

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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)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
—	Aviculopectinoidei	Starobogatov 1992
superfamily	Aviculopectinoidea	Meek and Hayden 1864
family	Aviculopectinidae
genus	Aviculopecten
species	arctisulcatus

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.

†Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Newell 1938

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Composition 2:

low Mg calcitef

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-10-05 04:31:45

Modified:

2007-10-05 06:31:45

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

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Noginskian to the top of the Sakmarian or 301.20000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (85 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Virgilian	303.7 - 298.9	USA (Texas)	Aviculopecten arctisulcatus (217893 217915 217992)
Virgilian	303.7 - 298.9	USA (New Mexico)	Aviculopecten arctisulcatus (156695 156699 156709 156713 156715)
Virgilian	303.7 - 298.9	USA (Kansas)	Aviculopecten arctisulcatus (824 832 833 835 846 852 865 870 876 877 879 881)
Noginskian	301.2 - 300.1	USA (Kansas)	Aviculopecten arctisulcatus (11566 11591 11608 11652 11663 11667 11677 11695 11698 11699 11708 11714 11717 11726 11727 11728 11731 11732 11734 11739 11749 11993 12055)
Asselian	298.9 - 295.5	USA (Kansas)	Aviculopecten arctisulcatus (795 801 802 825 826 837 839 883 887 888 889 891 892 893 895 898 899 904 12247 12250 12251 12253 12254 12255 12256 12260 12262 12276 12302 12311 12312 12313 12315 12318 12320 12321 12391 12392 12442)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	USA (New Mexico)	Aviculopecten arctisulcatus (39153 39155 39156)