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Eriphyla ovoides

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy

Astarte ovoides was named by Packard (1922). Its type specimen is UCMP 12280 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2157, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Turonian/Campanian marine horizon in California.

It was recombined as Eriphyla ovoides by Popenoe (1937), Anderson (1958).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

E. conradi, E. depressa, E. drygalskiana, E. elegans, E. gigantea, E. japonica, E. lotenoensis, E. meriani, E. meridiana, E. miyakoensis, E. pulchella, E. saemanni, E. sehuena, E. striata, E. upwarensis, E. elegans, E. japonica, E. minima, E. miyakoensis, E. pulchella, E. miyakoensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1922	Astarte ovoides Packard p. 424 figs. Plate 30, figure 1
1937	Eriphyla ovoides Popenoe p. 386 figs. Plate 46, figure 9 and 10
1958	Eriphyla ovoides Anderson p. 124

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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	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Crassatelloidea	(Férussac 1822)
family	Astartidae	d'Orbigny 1844
subfamily	Eriphylinae	Chavan 1952
genus	Eriphyla
species	ovoides	()

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.

†Eriphyla ovoides Packard 1922

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
E. L. Packard 1922	Shell nearly circular in outline, sliglitly inequilateral; quite tumid at a point about one-third the distance from the beak to the ventral margin; anterior dorsal slope slightly concave but rapidly becoming convex and changing into an evenly rounded anterior extremity; base regularly rounded, forming with the anterior end an arc of a circle whose diameter is but slightly greater than the height of the shell; posterior extremity curves abruptly from the base toward the beak . Umbones very prominent; beaks sharply pointed, situated anteriorly. Lunule present but imperfectly preserved . An indistinct flexure extends from the posterior end toward the beak, becoming less conspicuous dorsally. Surface sculptured by numerous evenly spaced concentric lines of growth . Hinge and pallial line unknown. adductor scars subequal, the anterior being the more deeply irnpressed . Length of type, 28 mm.; height, 28 1mm.; convexity, 5.5 mm.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesuperf

Environment:

marinesuperf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

infaunalsuperf

Diet:

suspension feedersuperf

Vision:

blindsuperf

Created:

2009-09-09 13:45:55

Modified:

2024-02-05 22:32:59

Source: superf = superfamily

Reference: Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 93.90000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	Eriphyla ovoides (220940)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	Eriphyla ovoides (222104)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	Eriphyla ovoides (219050 238635)
Late/Upper Turonian - Late/Upper Campanian	93.9 - 72.2	USA (California)	Astarte ovoides (207825)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Eriphyla ovoides (220910 220916)