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Pycnodonte convexa

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy

Ostrea convexa was named by Say (1820).

It was recombined as Pycnodonte convexa by Manning and Dockery (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. ariana, P. aucella, P. baylei, P. belli, P. biauriculatum, P. brongnarti, P. brongniarti, P. bryozophila, P. burckhardti, P. cassis, P. cereviciana, P. congesta, P. cymbiola, P. dissimilaris, P. flicki, P. frauscheri, P. gigantica, P. groeberi, P. hippopodium, P. houzeaui, P. kansasense, P. kellumi, P. mackayi, P. mendozana, P. mirabile, P. miradonensis, P. miradonensis, P. mutabilis, P. navia, P. newberryi, P. nikitini, P. paroxis, P. praesinzovi, P. proboscideum, P. pyrotheriorum, P. rarilamella, P. regionis, P. sanfilippoi, P. semicoronata, P. seymourensis, P. seymourianus, P. seymouriensis, P. simile, P. subvesiculosa, P. telugensis, P. uncinella, P. vericosa, P. tarda, P. antiqua, P. antiqua, P. antiqua, P. antiqua, P. aucella, P. gambaensis, P. mutabilis, P. navaniaensis, P. nomada, P. brongniarti, P. queteletti, P. vesicularis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1820	Ostrea convexa Say
1992	Pycnodonte convexa Manning and Dockery p. 8 figs. Pl 1, fig 5

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Ostreidina	(Ferussac 1822)
superfamily	Ostreoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Gryphaeidae	Vialov 1936
subfamily	Pycnodonteinae	Stenzel 1959
genus	Pycnodonte	(Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
species	convexa	(Say 1820)

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.

†Pycnodonte convexa Say 1820

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitef

Environment:

marine, brackisho

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-08-18 17:10:00

Modified:

2009-08-18 19:10:00

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

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Steuber 2002

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Thanetian or 83.60000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Mississippi)	Pycnodonte convexa (277689)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (New Jersey)	Pycnodonte convexa (124930)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (New Jersey)	Pycnodonte convexa (26818)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (New Jersey)	Pycnodonte convexa (57915)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (New Jersey)	Pycnodonte convexa (3113)