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Aequipecten bierringi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Aequipecten bierringi was named by Rosenkrantz (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Raeve Kloft, Tancredia Bed, which is in a Pliensbachian marine sandstone in the Cape Stewart Beds Formation of Greenland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. aequivalvis, A. alternicostatus, A. andersoni, A. angelonii, A. angelonii, A. arachnoideus, A. beaveri, A. bollenensis, A. bouchardi, A. camaretensis, A. camperilis, A. camperis, A. circularis, A. duwelzi, A. eboerus, A. elegans, A. ephippium, A. fuscopurpureus, A. girondicus, A. harveri, A. insuetus, A. intercedens, A. interstriatus, A. kotsubu, A. liberata, A. liberatus, A. magneauritus, A. misolensis, A. northamptoni, A. opecularis, A. opercolaris, A. opercularis, A. operularis, A. palinurus, A. paraensis, A. perplanus, A. plurinominis, A. plurinomis, A. pluronimus, A. radians, A. raymondi, A. scabrella, A. seniensis, A. subarmatus, A. subfibrosus, A. submalvinae, A. toyorensis, A. uloa, A. validus, A. vulgaris, A. zenonis, A. zitteli, A. eboreus, A. evergladensis, A. maturensis, A. rutamensis, A. tamiamiensis, Chlamys angelonii, Chlamys arachnoideus, Chlamys ature, Chlamys benedictus, Chlamys clinchfieldensis, Chlamys cocoana, Chlamys corymbiatus, Chlamys deleta, Chlamys deshayesi, Chlamys elegans, Chlamys elegans, Chlamys exageratus, Chlamys farsanensis, Chlamys flabellum, Chlamys flava, Chlamys jackloweciana, Chlamys judaica, Chlamys lessepsii, Chlamys martini, Chlamys menkei, Chlamys multistriata, Chlamys nebrodensis, Chlamys octoplicoides, Chlamys perrugosa, Chlamys prototransquebaricus, Chlamys quinquepartita, Chlamys rhodopianus, Chlamys spillmani, Chlamys spinulosa, Chlamys subdiscors, Chlamys tchichatcheffi, Chlamys tella, Chlamys tjaringinensis, Lyropecten wisniowskii, Pecten arachnoideus, Pecten kikaiensis, Pecten mbalavuensis, Pecten northamptoni, Pecten reevei, Pecten spectabilis, Pecten subserricosta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Aequipecten bierringi Rosenkrantz p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyChlamydinaevon Teppner 1922
genusAequipectenFischer 1886
speciesbierringi

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.

†Aequipecten bierringi Rosenkrantz 1934
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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 mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-09-09 08:17:08
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:17:08
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Greenland Aequipecten bierringi (161983)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Greenland Aequipecten bierringi (type locality: 161974 162060 162262 162263 162276)