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Panopea occidentalis

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

Taxonomy

Panopaea occidentalis was named by Meek and Hayden (1856).

It was recombined as Glycimeris occidentalis by Meek (1876); it was recombined as Panopea occidentalis by Speden (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. acutisulcata, P. alabama, P. anacachoensis, P. angusta, P. angusta, P. aracuata, P. arcuata, P. arduennensis, P. attenuata, P. bellsensis, P. borealis, P. carteroni, P. cilindrica, P. corrugata, P. cottaldina, P. cuneiformis, P. curta, P. cylindrica, P. decisa, P. decisa, P. descisa, P. dupiniana, P. dupiniana, P. elliptica, P. elongata, P. fallax, P. faujasi, P. faujasii, P. floridana, P. fraillia, P. glicimeris, P. glycimeris, P. goldfussi, P. gurgitis, P. hauthali, P. hauthali, P. heberti, P. inferior, P. inferior, P. japonica, P. lata, P. lateralis, P. maccoyi, P. malvernensis, P. mandibula, P. mandibulata, P. meynardi, P. monmouthensis, P. natalensis, P. necomiensis, P. neocomiensis, P. nomurae, P. norvegica, P. nucleus, P. oppenhaimi, P. orientalis, P. ovialis, P. pastorei, P. patagonica, P. patagonica, P. penjinskensis, P. peshakovi, P. philippi, P. philippii, P. pleshakovi, P. quemadensis, P. reflexa, P. remensis, P. rostrata, P. royana, P. sierrana, P. simotomensis, P. simplex, P. smithae, P. stenopleura, P. submandibula, P. subplicata, P. torresi, P. triangula, P. tyugokuensis, P. vetula, P. whifieldi, P. xizangensis, P. angusta, P. angusta, P. menardi, P. meynardi, P. oppenheimi, P. quemadensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1856	Panopaea occidentalis Meek and Hayden p. 270
1876	Glycimeris occidentalis Meek p. 250 figs. PI. 39, figs. 9a,b
1970	Panopea occidentalis Speden pp. 137 - 138 figs. Plate 35, figs. 1-3; Plate 28, fig. 14

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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	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Solenata	Dall 1889
order	Hiatellida
superfamily	Hiatelloidea	(Gray 1824)
family	Hiatellidae	Gray 1824
genus	Panopea	(Menard 1807)
species	occidentalis	(Meek and Hayden 1856)

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.

†Panopea occidentalis Meek and Hayden 1856

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Life habit:

deep infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:57:42

Modified:

2009-10-11 12:07:58

Source: g = genus, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (South Dakota)	Panopea occidentalis (1320)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (North Dakota)	Panopea occidentalis (1339)