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Inoceramus amakusensis

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy

Inoceramus amakusensis was named by Nagao and Matsumoto (1940).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

I. agdjakendensis, I. anakusensis, I. anglicus, I. angulatus, I. angustiundulatus, I. annulatus, I. aucella, I. australis, I. balchii, I. barsliensis, I. bererensis, I. bicorrugatus, I. bojarkensis, I. borilensis, I. cadottensis, I. conicus, I. crispi, I. curvieri, I. etheridgei, I. ewaldi, I. fiegei, I. flavus, I. gusselkaensis, I. heinzi, I. incurvus, I. ipuanus, I. kapuus, I. labiatiformis, I. labiatoidiformis, I. lapparenti, I. maedae, I. mamatensis, I. marathonensis, I. matotorus, I. nodai, I. nukeus, I. obtusus, I. opetius, I. pedalionoides, I. pertenuis, I. pochialaineni, I. proximus, I. pseudoregularis, I. quadrans, I. quatsinoensis, I. reduncus, I. renngarteni, I. richensis, I. saratoviensis, I. schloenbachi, I. schoendorfi, I. spitzbergensis, I. stilley, I. stoneleyi, I. subneocomiensis, I. subpercostatus, I. sutherlandi, I. tenuis, I. tenuistriatus, I. tenuistriatus(), I. tenuiumbonatus, I. typicus, I. urius, I. vanuxemi, I. vanuxemiformis, I. volgensis, I. waltersdorfensis, I. wandereri, I. warakius, I. yokoyamai, I. zavoljiensis, I. concentrica, I. muelleri, I. goldfussi, I. tenuilineatum, I. iburiensis, I. rhomboides, I. bornholmensis, I. guerichi, I. steenstrupi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1940	Inoceramus amakusensis Nagao and Matsumoto

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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	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Myalinata	Paul 1939
order	Myalinida	Paul 1939
superfamily	Inoceramoidea	Giebel 1852
family	Inoceramidae
genus	Inoceramus
species	amakusensis	Nagao and Matsumoto 1940

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 amakusensis Nagao and Matsumoto 1940

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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (36 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Japan	Inoceramus amakusensis (87022)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Japan	Inoceramus amakusensis (114284 114286 114287 114548 114565 115206 115208 115278 115279 115280 115281 115282 115283 115284)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (California)	Inoceramus amakusensis (158104)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Japan (Sapporo)	Inoceramus amakusensis (98848)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Japan	Inoceramus amakusensis (82330 82333 82335 82348 82352)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Japan	Inoceramus amakusensis (62210 62214 62331 62332 62333 62334 65025 87014)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Japan (Kumamoto)	Inoceramus amakusensis (39567)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (California)	Inoceramus amakusensis (225705)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Japan (Oita)	Inoceramus amakusensis (40324)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Japan	Inoceramus amakusensis (82331 82336 82340)