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Inoceramus (Heroceramus) hercules

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy

Heroceramus hercules was named by Heinz (1932).

It was recombined as Inoceramus (Heroceramus) hercules by Heinz (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

I. agdjakendensis, I. anakusensis, I. anglicus, I. angulatus, I. angustiundulatus, I. annulatus, I. aucella, I. australis, I. balchii, I. barsliensis, I. bererensis, I. bicorrugatus, I. bojarkensis, I. borilensis, I. cadottensis, I. conicus, I. crispi, I. curvieri, I. etheridgei, I. ewaldi, I. fiegei, I. flavus, I. gusselkaensis, I. heinzi, I. incurvus, I. ipuanus, I. kapuus, I. labiatiformis, I. labiatoidiformis, I. lapparenti, I. maedae, I. mamatensis, I. marathonensis, I. matotorus, I. nodai, I. nukeus, I. obtusus, I. opetius, I. pedalionoides, I. pertenuis, I. pochialaineni, I. proximus, I. pseudoregularis, I. quadrans, I. quatsinoensis, I. reduncus, I. renngarteni, I. richensis, I. saratoviensis, I. schloenbachi, I. schoendorfi, I. spitzbergensis, I. stilley, I. stoneleyi, I. subneocomiensis, I. subpercostatus, I. sutherlandi, I. tenuis, I. tenuistriatus, I. tenuistriatus(), I. tenuiumbonatus, I. typicus, I. urius, I. vanuxemi, I. vanuxemiformis, I. volgensis, I. waltersdorfensis, I. wandereri, I. warakius, I. yokoyamai, I. zavoljiensis, I. concentrica, I. muelleri, I. goldfussi, I. tenuilineatum, I. iburiensis, I. rhomboides, I. bornholmensis, I. guerichi, I. steenstrupi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1932	Heroceramus hercules Heinz
1991	Inoceramus (Heroceramus) hercules Heinz

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Myalinata	Paul 1939
order	Myalinida	Paul 1939
superfamily	Inoceramoidea	Giebel 1852
family	Inoceramidae
genus	Inoceramus
subgenus	Heroceramus	Heinz 1932
species	hercules	(Heinz 1932)

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.

†Inoceramus (Heroceramus) hercules Heinz 1932

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-04-13 11:12:15

Modified:

2009-04-13 13:12:15

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Coniacian or 93.90000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Poland	Inoceramus hercules (97983)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Denmark	Inoceramus hercules (70001)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Belgium (Namur)	Inoceramus hercules (51518)