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Oxyperas (Pseudoxyperas)

Bivalvia - Venerida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Pseudoxyperas was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Oxyperas (Pseudoxyperas) by Maxwell (1978).

It was assigned to Oxyperas by Maxwell (1978); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Oxyperas (Pseudoxyperas) exensis, Oxyperas (Pseudoxyperas) ortmanni
Species lacking formal opinion data
Oxyperas bernardi, Oxyperas flemingi
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Oxyperas (Pseudoxyperas) Maxwell p. 22
2002Pseudoxyperas Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
—NeoheterodonteiTaylor et al. 2007
orderVenerida(Gray 1854)
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyMactrinaeLamarck 1809
genusOxyperasMörch 1853
subgenusPseudoxyperas

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:48:47
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:48:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Waitakian or 48.07000 to 21.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03New Zealand (Canterbury) Longimactra flemingi (50147) Longimactra sp. (50161)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Antarctica Oxyperas ortmanni (180150 278338)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Antarctica Oxyperas ortmanni (57762 113374 207756 278585)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Oxyperas exensis (205324)