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Pinna (Pinna) barrowsi

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae

Taxonomy

Pinna barrowsi was named by Dickerson (1914). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pinna (Pinna) barrowsi by Moore (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. africana, P. anderssoni, P. cottai, P. cretacia, P. cuneata, P. ecki, P. fragilis, P. hombresi, P. kauffmani, P. kingi, P. laquata, P. mediokeuperina, P. nobilis, P. refurca, P. socialis, P. varicosa, P. vaughani, P. sandsfootensis, P. kasimirensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1914	Pinna barrowsi Dickerson p. 125 figs. plate 8, fig 3
1983	Pinna (Pinna) barrowsi Moore pp. A78 - A79 figs. Plate 22, figures 5, 6

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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	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pinnoidea	Leach 1819
family	Pinnidae	Leach 1819
genus	Pinna	Linnaeus 1758
subgenus	Pinna	Linnaeus 1758
species	barrowsi	()

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.

†Pinna (Pinna) barrowsi Dickerson 1914

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitef

Composition 2:

aragonitef

Environment:

marine, brackisho

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Life habit:

semi-infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2004-02-29 16:58:07

Modified:

2009-08-17 21:48:16

Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Eocene or 61.66000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	USA (California)	Pinna barrowsi (190771 190777)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	USA (California)	Pinna barrowsi (239604 239683)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (California)	Pinna barrowsi (239704)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	USA (California)	Pinna barrowsi (207116) Pitar barrowsi (194190)