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Aequipecten suwaneensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Aequipecten) suwaneensis was named by Dall (1898) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 115777, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Aequipecten suwaneensis by Palmer and Brann (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Pecten (Aequipecten) suwaneensis Dall p. 734
1965Aequipecten suwaneensis Palmer and Brann p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyChlamydinaevon Teppner 1922
genusAequipectenFischer 1886
speciessuwaneensis(Dall 1898)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-09-09 08:17:08
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:17:08
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.20000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9USA (Florida) Aequipecten suwaneensis (99209)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Pecten suwaneensis (57926)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Pecten suwaneensis (60832 60833 60835)