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Spondylus crassicosta

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae

Taxonomy
Spondylus crassicosta was named by Lamarck (1819) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Pliocene; Europe, Mediterranean, Iran.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Spondylus crassicosta Lamarck p. 193
1936Spondylus crassicosta Cox p. 56

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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
speciescrassicostaLamarck 1819

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 crassicosta Lamarck 1819
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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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 23.03000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Libya Spondylus crassicosta (42143)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Iran Spondylus crassicosta (79067)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Spondylus crassicosta (60288 60292)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Spondylus crassicosta (51688 70539)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece Spondylus crassicosta (72305)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Moldova Spondylus crassicosta (78643 78648 78653)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Spondylus crassicosta (73137)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Spondylus crassicosta (32515 51687)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Spondylus crassicosta (72310)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece Spondylus crassicosta (72311)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Spondylus crassicosta (141544 141551)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Spondylus crassicosta (74929)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece Spondylus crassicosta (72414)