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Semuridia quadrata

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pergamidiidae

Taxonomy
Semuridia quadrata was named by Melville (1956). It is not extant. Its type specimen is GSM Bj 4749/50. Its type locality is Stowell Park borehole (C. turneri Zone, M. birchi Subzone, 1578-1602ft), which is in a Sinemurian carbonate shale in the Lower Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Semuridia quadrata Melville

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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
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyPergamidiidaeCox 1964
genusSemuridia
speciesquadrata

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.

Semuridia quadrata Melville 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-05 05:49:22
Modified: 2007-10-05 07:49:22
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Semuridia quadrata (204148 type locality: 204150 204152)