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Inoceramus colonicus

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy
Inoceramus colonicus was named by Anderson (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 1661, a mile west of the Murphy house, Roaring River, which is in a Barremian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

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. kudoi, 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
1938Inoceramus colonicus Anderson p. 100 figs. Plate 4, figures 10, 11, 12; Plate 5, 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
speciescolonicus

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 colonicus Anderson 1938
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Barremian or 132.60000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77USA (California) Inoceramus colonicus (83590)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Canada (British Columbia) Inoceramus colonicus (88113 88114)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4USA (California) Inoceramus colonicus (type locality: 225528)