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Inoceramus (Platyceramus) japonicus

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy
Inoceramus japonicus was named by Nagao and Matsumoto (1940).

It was recombined as Inoceramus (Platyceramus) japonicus by Noda (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. agapensis, I. agdjakendensis, I. algeriensis, I. allani, I. altus, I. altusiformis, I. anakusensis, I. andersoni, I. anglicus, I. anglicus, I. angulatus, I. angustiundulatus, I. angustus, I. annulatus, I. atlanticus, I. aucella, I. australis, I. awajiensis, I. azerbaydjanensis, I. bakalovi, I. balchii, I. balticus, I. balticus, I. balticus, I. balticus, I. barabini, I. barsliensis, I. bebahoaensis, I. bellevuensis, I. bererensis, I. biconstrictus, I. bicorrugatus, I. bojarkensis, I. borealis, I. borilensis, I. buguntaensis, I. bulbus, I. caddotensis, I. cadottensis, I. capitatus, I. capulus, I. cardissoides, I. caucasicus, I. concentricus, I. conicus, I. corpulentas, I. costellatus, I. costellatus, I. crippsi, I. crippsii, I. crispi, I. crispii, I. crispus, I. cummingsi, I. curvieri, I. dariensis, I. deltoides, I. dresdensis, I. elongatus, I. equalis, I. etheridgei, I. eulessanus, I. euxinus, I. ewaldi, I. eximius, I. faragi, I. fiegei, I. fiegei, I. flavus, I. fukadae, I. furukawensis, I. fyfei, I. grandis, I. gusselkaensis, I. hakarius, I. heinzi, I. hetonaianus, I. higoensis, I. hoepeni, I. iburiensis, I. inaequabilis, I. inaequivalvis, I. incurvus, I. inflatus, I. inkermanensis, I. ipuanus, I. kapuus, I. kojakensis, I. korjakensis, I. kryshtofovichi, I. kudoi, I. kusiroensis, I. labiatiformis, I. labiatoidiformis, I. lamarcki, I. lamarcki, I. lapparenti, I. lingus, I. lobatus, I. lundreckensis, I. madagascariensis, I. maedae, I. makarovi, I. mamatensis, I. mandembataensis, I. marathonensis, I. matotorus, I. mechanquilensis, I. mihoensis, I. moresbyensis, I. muelleri, I. mytiloidiformis, I. naganoensis, I. neocaledonicus, I. nodai, I. nukeus, I. oblongus, I. obtusus, I. oosteri, I. opetius, I. orientalis, I. orlovkaensis, I. paraketzovi, I. parvus, I. pedalionoides, I. percostatus, I. perfragilis, I. pertenuis, I. pilvoensis, I. pochialaineni, I. proximus, I. pseudocurvieri, I. pseudoregularis, I. quadrans, I. quatsinoensis, I. rangatira, I. reduncus, I. renngarteni, I. richensis, I. sagensis, I. saratoviensis, I. schloenbachi, I. schluetheri, I. schoendorfi, I. schöndorfi, I. shamati, I. sichotealinensis, I. spitzbergensis, I. stilley, I. stoliczkai, I. stoneleyi, I. striatoconcentricus, I. striatoconcentricus, I. striatoconcentricus, I. stuemckei, I. subcircularis, I. subneocomiensis, I. subpercostatus, I. sutherlandi, I. tamulicus, I. tauricus, I. tenuis, I. tenuistriatus, I. tenuistriatus(), I. tenuiumbonatus, I. tolmatchevi, I. tuberosus, I. typicus, I. tyrrelli, I. umbonatus, I. urius, I. ururoaensis, I. vanuxemi, I. vanuxemiformis, I. volgensis, I. walterdorfensis, I. waltersdorfensis, I. waltersdorfensis, I. waltersdorfensis, I. wandereri, I. warakius, I. winkholdioides, I. yokoyamai, I. yuasai, I. zavoljiensis, I. concentrica, I. concentricus, I. concentricus, I. concentricus, I. balticus, I. bueltenensis, I. muelleri, I. muelleri, I. browni, I. schloenbachi, I. goldfussi, I. quadrans, I. tenuilineatum, I. grandis, I. angulosus, I. hetonaianus, I. iburiensis, I. maedae, I. mihoensis, I. pedalionoides, I. sharmai, I. tenuistriatus, I. subquadratus, I. subquadratus, I. karakuwensis, I. hashiurensis, I. rhomboides, I. ogurai, I. utanoensis, I. bornholmensis, I. cardissoides, I. elegans, I. guerichi, I. lundbrekensis, I. nasutus, I. orientalis, I. orientalis, I. patootensiformis, I. steenstrupi, I. subcardissoides, I. yokoyamai, I. alievimussensis, I. grandis, Platyceramus adjakendsis, Platyceramus advertus, Platyceramus ahsenensis, Platyceramus alaeformis, Platyceramus artigesi, Platyceramus barronensis, Platyceramus beregovi, Platyceramus confertim, Platyceramus cycloides, Platyceramus cycloides, Platyceramus ezoensis, Platyceramus heinei, Platyceramus manteli, Platyceramus mantelli, Platyceramus paradoxus, Platyceramus pierrensis, Platyceramus planus, Platyceramus rhomboides, Platyceramus sagensis, Platyceramus salisburgensis, Platyceramus tamulicus, Platyceramus unduiatoplicatus, Platyceramus undulatoplicatus, Platyceramus vanuxemi, Platyceramus wegeneri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Inoceramus japonicus Nagao and Matsumoto
1983Inoceramus (Platyceramus) japonicus Noda pp. 203 - 204

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyInoceramoideaGiebel 1852
familyInoceramidae
genusInoceramus
subgenusPlatyceramusHeinz 1932
speciesjaponicus(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 (Platyceramus) japonicus 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

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

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Japan Inoceramus japonicus (87022)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan Inoceramus japonicus (87009 87015)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) Inoceramus japonicus (185381 215637)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan (Kumamoto) Inoceramus japonicus (39567)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan (Iwate) Inoceramus japonicus (40091)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2Japan (Hokkaido) Inoceramus japonicus (97297)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan Inoceramus japonicus (62235 62239)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan Platyceramus japonicus (236007)