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Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) wiedeyi

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea wiedeyi was named by Hertlein (1928). Its type specimen is CAS 4129, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS 1154, San Augustin Canyon, Santa Rosa Island, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone/shale in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

It was recombined as Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) wiedeyi by Moore (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Ostrea wiedeyi Hertlein pp. 147 - 148 figs. Plate 23, figs. 1, 10
1987Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) wiedeyi Moore p. C20 figs. Plate 15, figures 1, 4, 5, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyPycnodonteinaeStenzel 1959
genusPycnodonte(Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
subgenusPycnodonteFischer von Waldheim 1835
specieswiedeyi()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 17:10:00
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:10:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Steuber 2002, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Ostrea wiedeyi (237422) Pycnodonte wiedeyi (196138)