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Euvola bella

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Janira bella was named by Conrad (1856). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pecten (Pecten) bellus by Arnold (1903), Arnold (1906), Jordan and Hertlein (1926), Moore (1984); it was recombined as Pecten (Janira) bellus by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Pecten bellus by Dibblee (1966); it was recombined as Euvola bella by Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Janira bella Conrad p. 312
1879Pecten hemphillii Dall p. 15
1898Pecten (Pecten) hemphillii Dall p. 706
1903Pecten (Pecten) bellus Arnold p. 103 figs. Plate XXI, Figs. 1 and 2
1903Pecten (Pecten) hemphilli Arnold p. 105
1906Pecten (Pecten) auburyi Arnold p. 94
1906Pecten (Pecten) bellus Arnold p. 95
1906Pecten (Pecten) hemphilli Arnold p. 97
1926Pecten (Pecten) bellus Jordan and Hertlein p. 430
1930Pecten bellus hemphilli Woodring p. 62
1931Pecten (Janira) bellus Grant, IV and Gale p. 225
1931Pecten (Janira) bellus hemphilli Grant, IV and Gale p. 226
1950Pecten hemphilli Woodring and Bramlette
1966Pecten bellus Dibblee p. 58
1984Pecten (Pecten) bellus Moore p. B68 figs. Plate 29, figures 1 - 4
2021Euvola bella Hendy

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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
genusEuvola(Dall 1898)
speciesbella()

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.

†Euvola bella Conrad 1856
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Invalid names: Pecten (Pecten) auburyi Arnold 1906 [synonym], Pecten hemphilli Dall 1879 [synonym]
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: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Pecten auburyi (204364) Pecten bellus (208195 208196 237377 237381 237388 237390 237391 237392) Pecten bellus, Pecten hemphilli (186032) Pecten hemphilli (120820)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California) Pecten bellus (97124 97129 97130)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten hemphilli (43688)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Sonora) Pecten bellus (96564)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Pecten bellus (200398 200403 214965 214966 214967 214968 237593) Pecten hemphilli (238458 238459 238613)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Pecten hemphilli (186031)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Pecten bellus (217009) Pecten hemphilli (238614)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Pecten hemphilli (189554 189555 189556 189557 189558 189559 189765 189769 207648 207663 207720)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Pecten bellus (71054 203105 207886 223525)