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Inoceramus elliotti

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy
Inoceramus elliottii was named by Gabb (1869). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alcatraz Island, which is in a Cretaceous marine sandstone in California.

It was corrected as Inoceramus elliotti by Anderson (1938).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. agapensis, I. agdjakendensis, I. algeriensis, I. allani, I. altus, I. altusiformis, I. anakusensis, I. andersoni, I. anglicus, I. anglicus, I. angulatus, I. angustiundulatus, I. angustus, I. annulatus, I. atlanticus, I. aucella, I. australis, I. awajiensis, I. azerbaydjanensis, I. bakalovi, I. balchii, I. balticus, I. balticus, I. balticus, I. balticus, I. barabini, I. barsliensis, I. bebahoaensis, I. bellevuensis, I. bererensis, I. biconstrictus, I. bicorrugatus, I. bojarkensis, I. borealis, I. borilensis, I. buguntaensis, I. bulbus, I. caddotensis, I. cadottensis, I. capitatus, I. capulus, I. cardissoides, I. caucasicus, I. concentricus, I. conicus, I. corpulentas, I. costellatus, I. costellatus, I. crippsi, I. crippsii, I. crispi, I. crispii, I. crispus, I. cummingsi, I. curvieri, I. dariensis, I. deltoides, I. dresdensis, I. elongatus, I. equalis, I. etheridgei, I. eulessanus, I. euxinus, I. ewaldi, I. eximius, I. faragi, I. fiegei, I. fiegei, I. flavus, I. fukadae, I. furukawensis, I. fyfei, I. grandis, I. gusselkaensis, I. hakarius, I. heinzi, I. hetonaianus, I. higoensis, I. hoepeni, I. iburiensis, I. inaequabilis, I. inaequivalvis, I. incurvus, I. inflatus, I. inkermanensis, I. ipuanus, I. kapuus, I. kojakensis, I. korjakensis, I. kryshtofovichi, I. kusiroensis, I. labiatiformis, I. labiatoidiformis, I. lamarcki, I. lamarcki, I. lapparenti, I. lingus, I. lobatus, I. lundreckensis, I. madagascariensis, I. maedae, I. makarovi, I. mamatensis, I. mandembataensis, I. marathonensis, I. matotorus, I. mechanquilensis, I. mihoensis, I. moresbyensis, I. muelleri, I. mytiloidiformis, I. naganoensis, I. neocaledonicus, I. nodai, I. nukeus, I. oblongus, I. obtusus, I. oosteri, I. opetius, I. orientalis, I. orlovkaensis, I. paraketzovi, I. parvus, I. pedalionoides, I. percostatus, I. perfragilis, I. pertenuis, I. pilvoensis, I. pochialaineni, I. proximus, I. pseudocurvieri, I. pseudoregularis, I. quadrans, I. quatsinoensis, I. rangatira, I. reduncus, I. renngarteni, I. richensis, I. sagensis, I. saratoviensis, I. schloenbachi, I. schluetheri, I. schoendorfi, I. schöndorfi, I. shamati, I. sichotealinensis, I. spitzbergensis, I. stilley, I. stoliczkai, I. stoneleyi, I. striatoconcentricus, I. striatoconcentricus, I. striatoconcentricus, I. stuemckei, I. subcircularis, I. subneocomiensis, I. subpercostatus, I. sutherlandi, I. tamulicus, I. tauricus, I. tenuis, I. tenuistriatus, I. tenuistriatus(), I. tenuiumbonatus, I. tolmatchevi, I. tuberosus, I. typicus, I. tyrrelli, I. umbonatus, I. urius, I. ururoaensis, I. vanuxemi, I. vanuxemiformis, I. volgensis, I. walterdorfensis, I. waltersdorfensis, I. waltersdorfensis, I. waltersdorfensis, I. wandereri, I. warakius, I. winkholdioides, I. yokoyamai, I. yuasai, I. zavoljiensis, I. concentrica, I. concentricus, I. concentricus, I. concentricus, I. balticus, I. bueltenensis, I. muelleri, I. muelleri, I. browni, I. schloenbachi, I. goldfussi, I. quadrans, I. tenuilineatum, I. grandis, I. angulosus, I. hetonaianus, I. iburiensis, I. maedae, I. mihoensis, I. pedalionoides, I. sharmai, I. tenuistriatus, I. subquadratus, I. subquadratus, I. karakuwensis, I. hashiurensis, I. rhomboides, I. ogurai, I. utanoensis, I. bornholmensis, I. cardissoides, I. elegans, I. guerichi, I. lundbrekensis, I. nasutus, I. orientalis, I. orientalis, I. patootensiformis, I. steenstrupi, I. subcardissoides, I. yokoyamai, I. alievimussensis, I. grandis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Inoceramus elliottii Gabb p. 193 figs. PI. 81, Fig. 90 a
1930Inoceramus elliottii Stewart p. 106 figs. Plate 2, fig. 2
1938Inoceramus elliotti Anderson p. 99 figs. Plate 7, figure 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyInoceramoideaGiebel 1852
familyInoceramidae
genusInoceramus
specieselliotti()

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.

Inoceramus elliotti Gabb 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 11:12:15
Modified: 2009-04-13 13:12:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cretaceous to the top of the Maastrichtian or 143.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5USA (California) Inoceramus elliottii (216130)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Saudi Arabia Inoceramus elliotti (1335)