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Biradiolites mooretownensis

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae

Taxonomy

Biradiolites mooretownensis was named by Trechmann (1924).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. acuticostatus, B. adherens, B. aguilerae, B. anatolica, B. anguloissimus, B. angulosissimus, B. aquitanicus, B. barretti, B. baylei, B. beaussetensis, B. boldjuanensis, B. bournoni, B. bulgaricus, B. canaliculatus, B. cancellatus, B. cardenasensis, B. carezi, B. chaperi, B. collsensis, B. cubensis, B. finicostatus, B. fissiocostatus, B. forbesi, B. fssicostatus, B. haperi, B. ibericus, B. ingens, B. jamaicaensis, B. jamaicensis, B. leychertensis, B. lumbricoides, B. macgillavryi, B. mauldei, B. mengaudi, B. minhoensis, B. moroi, B. novaterrensis, B. orbignyi, B. parva, B. posae, B. praefissicostatus, B. praeingens, B. quadratus, B. radix, B. riograndensis, B. robinsoni, B. royanus, B. rudis, B. rudissimus, B. sellesi, B. similivalvis, B. solutus, B. stoppani, B. stoppanianus, B. subcancellatus, B. tschoppi, B. valbei, B. wiontzeki, B. zumoffeni

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1924	Biradiolites mooretownensis Trechmann

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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	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Hippuritida	()
suborder	Radiolitidina
superfamily	Radiolitoidea	Gray 1848
family	Radiolitidae	Gray 1848
genus	Biradiolites	d'Orbigny 1850
species	mooretownensis	Trechmann 1924

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.

†Biradiolites mooretownensis Trechmann 1924

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitef

Composition 2:

aragonitef

Grouping:

gregariouso

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-11-27 10:22:47

Modified:

2007-11-27 12:22:47

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Jamaica	Biradiolites mooretownensis (198683)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Jamaica (Clarendon Parish)	Biradiolites mooretownensis (163009 163014 163028)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Jamaica (Portland)	Biradiolites mooretownensis (84789)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Jamaica (Clarendon)	Biradiolites mooretownensis (84791 84792)