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Pterinopecten (Vertumnia)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae

Taxonomy
Vertumnia was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Pterinopecten (Vertumnia) by Cox et al. (1969).

It was assigned to Pterinopecten by Cox et al. (1969); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Pterinopecten (Vertumnia) Cox et al. p. N333
2002Vertumnia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyPterinopectinoideaNewell 1938
familyPterinopectinidaeNewell 1938
genusPterinopectenHall 1883
subgenusVertumnia

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: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 12:48:32
Modified: 2009-06-05 14:48:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 387.95000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Vertumnia reversa (86336 86650 90842 90844 96345 96356)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (New York) Vertumnia reversa (3802 3809 3810 233184)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Pennsylvannia) Vertumnia reversa (233186)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Vertumnia sp. (38266 162207)