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Gnesioceramus comancheanus

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy
Inoceramus comancheana was named by Cragin (1894). Its type specimen is USNM 32686 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Inoceramus comancheanus by Kues and Lucas (1987); it was recombined as Gnesioceramus comancheanus by Walaszczyk and Cobban (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Inoceramus comancheana Cragin p. 53
1987Inoceramus comancheanus Kues and Lucas fig. 11M
2016Gnesioceramus comancheanus Walaszczyk and Cobban pp. 42 - 52 figs. 4; 5AeD; 6AeC, E, H; 7; 8; 9; 10A, B, D

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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
familyInoceramidaeGiebel 1852
genusGnesioceramusHeinz 1932
speciescomancheanus(Cragin 1894)

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
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:25:20
Modified: 2005-01-28 04:25:20
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Eaton 1871

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Albian or 105.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Antarctica Inoceramus comancheanus (64195)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Alaska) Inoceramus comancheanus (38516)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Alaska) Inoceramus comancheanus (88619)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Gnesioceramus comancheanus (234730)