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Spondylus perrini

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae

Taxonomy
Spondylus perrini was named by Wiedey (1928) [TYPE LOCALITY: California; Vaqueros Fm (Oligocene-Miocene).]. Its type specimen is Leland Stanford Junior University 438, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 437, Wiley Canyon, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Spondylus perrini Wiedey p. 138 figs. pl. 17, figs. 6, 7
1928Spondylus perrini Wiedley p. 138 figs. pl. 17, figs. 6, 7
1932Spondylus perrini Loel and Corey p. 203 figs. Plate 32, figures 1a, 1b, 1c, 2
1969Spondylus perrini Avila and Weaver p. 59
1987Spondylus perrini Moore p. 7
1990Spondylus perrini Squires and Demetrion p. 386

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familySpondylidaeGray 1826
genusSpondylusLinnaeus 1758
speciesperrini

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.

†Spondylus perrini Wiedey 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:12:06
Modified: 2009-08-17 21:49:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 27.30000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Spondylus perrini (52381 52383 52387 52405 52416 52417)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (California) Spondylus perrini (52411 52412)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Spondylus perrini (type locality: 220076 237907 237916 237917 238140 238166 238169 238170 238171 238179 238246 238261)
Barstovian - Hemphillian16.3 - 4.7Mexico (Baja California Sur) Spondylus perrini (18731)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Baja California) Spondylus perrini (52181)