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Acanthopecten bellosum

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae

Taxonomy
Acanthopecten bellosum was named by Hoare et al. (1978). Its type specimen is OSU 27284, a shell (left valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Hfg-6. Abandoned clay strip mine, Logan Clay Products Co., which is in a Desmoinesian marine shale in the Allegheny Formation of Ohio.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Acanthopecten bellosum Hoare et al. pp. 1029 - 1030 figs. pl. 1 f. 18–21

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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)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyHeteropectinoideaBeurlen 1954
familyLimipectinidaeNewell and Boyd 1990
subfamilyAcanthopectininae()
genusAcanthopecten
speciesbellosum

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.

Acanthopecten bellosum Hoare et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 02:56:05
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:22:38
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Desmoinesian or 313.80000 to 305.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian313.8 - 305.9USA (Ohio) Acanthopecten bellosum (type locality: 64909)