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Pycnodonte belli

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
Gryphaea belli, Pycnodonta frauscheri, Pycnodonta rarilamella, Pycnodonta vesicularis (syn. Ostrea szajnochai), P. amakusensis, P. costei (syn. Ostrea (Crassostrea) costei, Pycnodonta costei, Ostrea hissarensis), P. erici, P. ewekoroensis, P. gryphovicinus, P. heermanni, P. loeli, P. nigeriensis, P. percrassa, P. squarrosa, P. trigonalis, P. vesicularis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. aucella, P. frauscheri, P. houzeaui, P. kansasense, P. kellumi, P. mackayi, P. tarda, P. aucella, P. gambaensis, P. navaniaensis

Synonymy list
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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
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyPycnodonteinaeStenzel 1959
genusPycnodonte(Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
speciesbelli

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Pycnodonte belli (1306)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Pycnodonte belli (1311)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Pycnodonte belli (1296 1299 1301 1393 1395 4565 4581 4629 4630 7452)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Pycnodonte belli (4108 4111)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Pycnodonte belli (4395 4401 4404 4412 4424 4491 4496 4503)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Pycnodonte belli (4106 4169)