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Anomia jalama

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Taxonomy

Anomia jalama was named by Dailey and Popenoe (1966). Its type specimen is UCLA 40406 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4118, Jalama Creek, which is in a Campanian offshore sandstone/conglomerate in the Jalama Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. aequiimpressa, A. alternans, A. anomoides, A. asagaiensis, A. atacamensis, A. besrukovi, A. bisulcata, A. burdigalensis, A. catiana, A. chinensis, A. colombiana, A. concentrica, A. cretacea, A. cryptostriata, A. cytaeum, A. degrangei, A. ephippium, A. ephippium, A. ephippium, A. fearensis, A. filamentosa, A. floridana, A. floridiana, A. foldia, A. fulleri, A. gabbi, A. girondica, A. glypta, A. gregaria, A. hataei, A. hateaei, A. hyderi, A. iljinensis, A. imbricata, A. indecisa, A. irregularis, A. jugosa, A. kavranensis, A. lamellosa, A. libyca, A. linifera, A. lintea, A. lischkei, A. lizyensis, A. malinchae, A. mareana, A. marylandica, A. meridiana, A. mexicana, A. microgrammata, A. minuta, A. multilineata, A. navicelloides, A. oligoceanica, A. olmstedi, A. pellucida, A. penderana, A. perlineata, A. phippium, A. pileata, A. planulata, A. ponticulana, A. propatoris, A. psamatheis, A. rufa, A. rugosa, A. shimoyamai, A. squammula, A. subobliqua, A. subovalis, A. subquadrata, A. sulcata, A. suprajurensis, A. suwaneensis, A. tatei, A. tellinoides, A. texana, A. umbonata, A. variata, A. ephippium, A. ephippium, A. penjica, A. perlineata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1966	Anomia jalama Dailey and Popenoe p. 9 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 4

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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)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
—	Anomioidei	Gray 1854
—	Anomioitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Anomioidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Anomiidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Anomia
species	jalama

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.

†Anomia jalama Dailey and Popenoe 1966

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitef

Composition 2:

aragonitef

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Epibiont:

yesg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:28:34

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:28:34

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

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Anomia jalama (1519 1520 1521 1522 type locality: 1523 1524 1525 1526 1527 1528 1530 1531 1532 1534 1535 1537 1540 1541 1546 1548 1549 1550 1551 1554)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	USA (California)	Anomia jalama (1529 1542)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (California)	Anomia jalama (1354)