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Nemodon grandis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Nemodon grandis was named by Wade (1926) [m. kosnik taxon no: 233]. Its type locality is Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Tennessee.

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Nemodon grandis Wade

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyParallelodontidaeDall 1898
subfamilyGrammatodontinaeBranson 1942
genusNemodonConrad 1869
speciesgrandisWade 1926

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.

Nemodon grandis Wade 1926
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Nemodon grandis navarroanus Stephenson 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-10 16:21:52
Modified: 2009-10-10 18:21:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Nemodon grandis (type locality: 88357)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Nemodon grandis (4266 4300 4305)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Nemodon grandis (4276 4283 4285)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Nemodon grandis (4101)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Nemodon grandis (4459 4473)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Nemodon grandis (1338)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Nemodon grandis (1392 4527)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Nemodon grandis (205445)