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Amusium filosum

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten filosus was named by Hauer (1857).

It was recombined as Filopecten filosus by Allasinaz (1972); it was recombined as Amusium filosum by Jelen (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. zinguli, A. zinguli, A. squamulum, A. zinguli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Pecten filosus Hauer
1889Pecten filosus von Wöhrmann
1972Filopecten filosus Allasinaz
1989Amusium filosum Jelen p. 38 figs. Pl 2, fig 1

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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
genusAmusium(Röding 1798)
speciesfilosum(Hauer 1857)

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.

†Amusium filosum Hauer 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubg
Life habit: epifaunalsubg
Diet: suspension feedersubg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-09-09 08:16:34
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:16:34
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, o = order
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Tuvalian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Slovenia Amusium filosum (160963)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Filopecten filosus (61747 61748)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Austria Pecten filosus (206040)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Germany Pecten filosus (206009)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Austria (Tyrol) Pecten filosus (202331)
Julian - Tuvalian237.0 - 227.3Italy Filopecten filosus (61749)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Austria (Tyrol) Pecten filosus (203207)