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Eumorphotis telleri

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Taxonomy
Pseudomonotis telleri was named by Bittner (1899). It is the type species of Eumorphotis.

It was recombined as Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) telleri by Ogilvie Gordon (1927); it was recombined as Eumorphotis telleri by Neri and Posenato (1985), Gavrilova (1995), Hofmann et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Pseudomonotis telleri Bittner
1927Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) telleri Ogilvie Gordon
1985Eumorphotis telleri Neri and Posenato figs. Pl 3, figs 5,6
1995Eumorphotis telleri Gavrilova
2015Eumorphotis telleri Hofmann et al. fig. 4D,F

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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)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyAviculopectinoideaMeek and Hayden 1864
familyAviculopectinidae
genusEumorphotisBittner 1901
speciestelleri(Bittner 1899)

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.

†Eumorphotis telleri Bittner 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height240.834.148.941.510.5

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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Ladinian or 251.90200 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) Eumorphotis telleri (85127 108556 108564 108565)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Hungary (Bakony) Pseudomonotis telleri (203240)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Qinghai) Eumorphotis telleri (112821)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Croatia Pseudomonotis telleri (212710)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Bulgaria (Burgas) Eumorphotis telleri (213185)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Croatia (Split-Dalmatia) Pseudomonotis telleri (211741)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Italy (South Tyrol) Pseudomonotis telleri (205013)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Bosnia and Herzegovina Pseudomonotis telleri (211897)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Italy Eumorphotis telleri (115787 115788 115791 165141 165155 165160 165166 165167 165168)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Qinghai) Eumorphotis telleri (112830)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Kazakhstan Eumorphotis telleri (203767)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Hungary Eumorphotis telleri (139950 139952 139955 139959)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Svalbard and Jan Mayen Eumorphotis telleri (212104 212576)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Hungary Pseudomonotis telleri (199876)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Eumorphotis telleri (212183)