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Amusium paris

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Amusium paris was named by del Rio (1992) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene; Argentina.]. Its type specimen is CPBA 15.275, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. zinguli, A. zinguli, A. squamulum, A. zinguli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Amusium paris del Rio pp. 23-24 figs. pl. 2, figs. 3-4

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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
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusAmusium(Röding 1798)
speciesparis

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.

†Amusium paris del Rio 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubg
Life habit: epifaunalsubg
Diet: suspension feedersubg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-09-09 08:16:34
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:16:34
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Argentina Amusium paris (41478 41479 41483)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina Amusium paris (71557 71562 71563)