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Panopea oblongata

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

Taxonomy

Panopea oblongata was named by Conrad (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. anacachoensis, P. californica, P. dupiniana, P. elongata, P. faujasi, P. hauthali, P. malvernensis, P. ovialis, P. pleshakovi, P. quemadensis, P. subplicata, P. torresi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1848	Panopea oblongata Conrad p. 290

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Solenata	Dall 1889
order	Hiatellida
superfamily	Hiatelloidea	(Gray 1824)
family	Hiatellidae	Gray 1824
genus	Panopea	(Menard 1807)
species	oblongata

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.

†Panopea oblongata Conrad 1848

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Life habit:

deep infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:57:42

Modified:

2009-10-11 12:07:58

Source: g = genus, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Rupelian or 41.30000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (26 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Mississippi)	Panopea oblongata (90471 164232)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	USA (Alabama)	Panopea oblongata (3539)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	USA (Mississippi)	Panopea oblongata (5941 5943 5947 6002 6004 6005 6006 7110 7111 66307 66308 66309 66311 66314 66316 66322 66324 66329 66332 66333 66334 type locality: 84137 98525)