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Semuridia obliqua

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pergamidiidae

Taxonomy
Semuridia obliqua was named by Melville (1956). It is not extant. Its type specimen is GSM Bj 4433. Its type locality is Stowell Park borehole (A. obtusum Zone, A. obtusum Subzone, 1512-1548ft), which is in a Sinemurian carbonate shale in the Lower Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Semuridia obliqua 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(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyPergamidiidaeCox 1964
genusSemuridia
speciesobliqua

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 obliqua 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: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Semuridia obliqua (204154)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Semuridia obliqua (type locality: 204148)