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Camptonectes (Camptochlamys) obscurus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy

Pecten obscura was named by Sowerby (1818). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Camptonectes (Camptochlamys) obscurus by Jaitly (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Camptochlamys alaskensis, Camptochlamys intertextus, C. aratus, C. argillensis, C. asiaticus, C. bellisculptus, C. bellistriatus, C. berryi, C. breviauris, C. buchi, C. burlingtonensis, C. comatus, C. delorenzoi, C. dettermany, C. distans, C. fromageti, C. germaniae, C. giganteus, C. hallii, C. hilgardi, C. imperialis, C. intertextus, C. lameinatus, C. lamellosus, C. morini, C. oishii, C. parvus, C. platessiformis, C. praecinctus, C. richei, C. rushdenensis, C. sandsfootensis, C. selwynensis, C. spitzbergensis, C. strozzenis, C. subconcentricus, C. subflabelliformis, C. sublaevigatus, C. sublens, C. sumensis, C. torinosuensis, C. vitreus, C. wandaensis, C. yanshipingensis, C. zonaricus, C. etalbui, C. intertextus, C. mahuidaensis, C. argillensis, C. bubonis, C. cavanus, C. ellsworthensis, C. fromageti, C. indicus, C. inexpectatus, C. jingguensis, C. lamellosus, C. magnificus, C. martinsensis, C. morini, C. robusta, C. srivastavai, C. symmetricus, C. triadicus, C. braeviauris, C. praecinctus, Pecten cavanus, Pecten martinsensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1818	Pecten obscura Sowerby
1995	Camptonectes (Camptochlamys) obscurus Jaitly

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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)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Pectinidina	(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamily	Pectinoidea	Rafinesque 1815
—	Pectinoidae	Rafinesque 1815
family	Pectinidae	Wilkes 1810
genus	Camptonectes	Meek 1864
subgenus	Camptochlamys	Arkell 1930
species	obscurus	(Sowerby 1818)

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.

†Camptonectes (Camptochlamys) obscurus Sowerby 1818

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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: base of the Early/Lower Sinemurian to the top of the Oxfordian or 199.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (17 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian	199.5 - 192.9	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Camptonectes obscurus (38734)
Bajocian	170.9 - 168.2	China (Qinghai)	Camptonectes obscurus (37916)
Bajocian	170.9 - 168.2	Romania	Camptonectes obscurus (122238)
Bajocian - Middle Bathonian	170.9 - 165.3	Romania	Camptonectes obscurus (122095)
Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	Camptonectes obscurus (61873 61884 68407)
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	Camptonectes obscurus (63059 63062 63068 68282)
Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	Camptonectes obscurus (61659 67631 68386 68598 68601)
Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	China (Qinghai)	Camptonectes obscurus (37915)