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Pecten (Entolium) decoratiformis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae

Taxonomy

Pecten (Entolium) decoratiformis was named by Krumbeck (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fatu Seinaam, Noil Besi Valley, which is in a Norian carbonate limestone in the Fatu Formation of Indonesia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Entolium cainalloi, Entolium calvum, Entolium contemptibile, Entolium corneaolum, Entolium disciformis, Entolium hallense, Entolium kolyaense, Entolium liasianum, Entolium liscaviensis, Entolium mongqiongense, Entolium nicoleti, Entolium obovatum, Entolium orbicularis, Entolium partitum, Entolium pseudodiscites, Entolium saccoi, Entolium spathulatus, Entolium subdemissus, Entolium undiferum, Entolium argentinum, Entolium quotidianum, Entolium spedeni, P. acanikos, P. albertii, P. arachnoideus, P. benedictus, P. biddeleana, P. cererideditus, P. chathamensis, P. convexior, P. costellorum, P. daudeleus, P. dutrugei, P. fuschi, P. glyptus, P. jeffersonius, P. laevicostatus, P. lenzi, P. nummularis, P. paulensis, P. radula, P. spitzbergensis, P. stearsii, P. tournali, P. validus, P. arachnoideus, P. kikaiensis, P. northamptoni, P. cavanus, P. bellhamellatus, P. nicholsi, P. quotidianus, P. bosniascki, P. serviceus, P. condylomaius, P. jeffersonius, P. byramensis, P. santaecruzensis, P. evergladensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1924	Pecten (Entolium) decoratiformis Krumbeck

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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	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Entoliidina
superfamily	Entolioidea	Teppner 1922
family	Entoliidae	Korobkov 1960
genus	Pecten	()
subgenus	Entolium
species	decoratiformis

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.

†Pecten (Entolium) decoratiformis Krumbeck 1924

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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 mobilesubg

Life habit:

epifaunalsubg

Diet:

suspension feedersubg

Vision:

limitedf

Created:

2004-02-29 16:58:42

Modified:

2004-02-29 18:58:42

Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, o = order

References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Indonesia (Timor)	Pecten decoratiformis (type locality: 205283)