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Inoceramus (Inoceramus)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) was named by Sowerby (1814). Its type is Inoceramus cuvierii.

It was assigned to Inoceramus by Sowerby (1814), Kinger and Kennedy (1980), Gebhardt (2001).

Subtaxa
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) ernsti, Inoceramus (Inoceramus) inaequivalvis, Inoceramus (Inoceramus) koegleri, Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Inoceramus agdjakendensis, Inoceramus anakusensis, Inoceramus anglicus, Inoceramus angulatus, Inoceramus angustiundulatus, Inoceramus annulatus, Inoceramus aucella, Inoceramus australis, Inoceramus balchii, Inoceramus barsliensis, Inoceramus bererensis, Inoceramus bicorrugatus, Inoceramus bojarkensis, Inoceramus borilensis, Inoceramus bornholmensis, Inoceramus cadottensis, Inoceramus concentrica, Inoceramus conicus, Inoceramus crispi, Inoceramus curvieri, Inoceramus etheridgei, Inoceramus ewaldi, Inoceramus fiegei, Inoceramus flavus, Inoceramus goldfussi, Inoceramus guerichi, Inoceramus gusselkaensis, Inoceramus heinzi, Inoceramus iburiensis, Inoceramus incurvus, Inoceramus ipuanus, Inoceramus kapuus, Inoceramus labiatiformis, Inoceramus labiatoidiformis, Inoceramus lapparenti, Inoceramus maedae, Inoceramus mamatensis, Inoceramus marathonensis, Inoceramus matotorus, Inoceramus muelleri, Inoceramus nodai, Inoceramus nukeus, Inoceramus obtusus, Inoceramus opetius, Inoceramus pedalionoides, Inoceramus pertenuis, Inoceramus pochialaineni, Inoceramus proximus, Inoceramus pseudoregularis, Inoceramus quadrans, Inoceramus quatsinoensis, Inoceramus reduncus, Inoceramus renngarteni, Inoceramus rhomboides, Inoceramus richensis, Inoceramus saratoviensis, Inoceramus schloenbachi, Inoceramus schoendorfi, Inoceramus spitzbergensis, Inoceramus steenstrupi, Inoceramus stilley, Inoceramus stoneleyi, Inoceramus subneocomiensis, Inoceramus subpercostatus, Inoceramus sutherlandi, Inoceramus tenuilineatum, Inoceramus tenuis, Inoceramus tenuistriatus, Inoceramus tenuistriatus(), Inoceramus tenuiumbonatus, Inoceramus typicus, Inoceramus urius, Inoceramus vanuxemi, Inoceramus vanuxemiformis, Inoceramus volgensis, Inoceramus wandereri, Inoceramus warakius, Inoceramus yokoyamai, Inoceramus zavoljiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Inoceramus (Inoceramus) Sowerby
1980Inoceramus (Inoceramus) Kinger and Kennedy p. 308
2001Inoceramus (Inoceramus) Gebhardt p. 201

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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
familyInoceramidae
genusInoceramus
subgenusInoceramusSowerby 1814

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.

Subg. †Inoceramus (Inoceramus) Sowerby 1814
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†Inoceramus pictus minus Matsumoto 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height175.0

Composition: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 11:12:15
Modified: 2009-04-13 13:12:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 165.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (184 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Inoceramus sharmai (68657)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Japan (Gifu) Inoceramus maedae (40166)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Inoceramus pictus (87698 87700)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) Inoceramus pictus (3077 3080 3086 3087 3088 3090 3091 3092 3093 3094 3096)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Inoceramus pictus (88118)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Inoceramus pictus (5608)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Inoceramus pictus (2734 2735 2736 2737 2739 2741 2742 2743 2744 2783 2784 2785 2787 2788 2792 2794 2795 2796 2797 2798)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica Inoceramus pictus (83367)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Inoceramus pictus (12611 66734 66776 66779)
Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Inoceramus pictus (3699)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Inoceramus pictus (87692)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Inoceramus pictus (85020)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Inoceramus pictus (3325 3326 3327 3330 3331 3332 3333 3687 3689 3690 3691 3692 3693 3694 3697 175427)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil Inoceramus tenuistriatus, Inoceramus pictus (140840)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Wyoming) Inoceramus pictus (233803)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Czechia Inoceramus pictus (151607)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Inoceramus pictus (44245 167817)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) Inoceramus pictus (3084 53401 53505 53925 53931 54154 55562 55563 176939)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Russian Federation Inoceramus pictus (84219 84222)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Inoceramus pictus (9178 12586 12592 12593 12594 12595 12596 12597 12598 12600 12601 12602 12603 12604 12605 12606 12607 12608 12609 12610 12612 12613 12614)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Inoceramus pictus (78164 177116)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Inoceramus pictus (114813)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India Inoceramus pictus (228246)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Westphalia) Inoceramus pictus (4067)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica Inoceramus pictus (106266)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Germany (Westphalia) Inoceramus pictus (4068)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Inoceramus pictus (179266)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0United Kingdom (England) Inoceramus pictus (38496)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Inoceramus pictus (87883)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Inoceramus pictus (4071 4072)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Bayern) Inoceramus pictus, Inoceramus pictus (114012)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany Inoceramus pictus (12615 12621 12622)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Afghanistan Inoceramus ernsti (59212)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany Inoceramus inaequivalvis (12682 12683)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan Inoceramus iburiensis (87013)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany Inoceramus inaequivalvis (12659 12660 12661 12662 12663 12664 12665 12666)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan Inoceramus iburiensis (87012)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Inoceramus pictus (140628)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan (Ishikari) Inoceramus angulosus (39669) Inoceramus pedalionoides, Inoceramus tenuistriatus (39823)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Japan (Oita) Inoceramus mihoensis (40321 40322)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Indian Ocean Inoceramus ernsti (82507)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6Austria Inoceramus koegleri, Inoceramus inaequivalvis (173322)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Inoceramus sp. (4242 4275 4285 4286 4327)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Inoceramus sp. (4100 4119)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Inoceramus sp. (4346 4354 4355)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Inoceramus sp. (4367 4369)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Inoceramus sp. (4127 4141 4142 4147 4152 4156 4160 4163 4164 4167 4168 4170 4171 4172)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Inoceramus sp. (4173 4176 4177 4178 4179 4180 4186 4195 4202 4205 4213 4215 4217 4229 4230 4231 4236)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Inoceramus sp. (4483)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Japan (Hyogo) Inoceramus hetonaianus (39576)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Inoceramus sp. (4591 4602 4629)