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Camptonectes mundus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Camptonectes mundus 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
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusCamptonectesMeek 1864
speciesmundus

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.

Camptonectes mundus Melville 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:02:01
Modified: 2010-02-16 06:48:49
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Camptonectes mundus (type locality: 204120)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Camptonectes mundus (204122 204123 204124)