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Jorgechlamys centralis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten centralis was named by Sowerby (1846). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Mesopeplum centralis by Morra and Erdmann (1989); it was recombined as Chlamys centralis by Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999); it was recombined as Equichlamys centralis by Beu and Darragh (2001); it was recombined as Jorgechlamys centralis by Griffin and Nielsen (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Pecten centralis Sowerby
1984Pecten centralis Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 95
1989Mesopeplum centralis Morra and Erdmann pp. 120-121 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1-2
1999Chlamys centralis Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 22
2001Equichlamys centralis Beu and Darragh pp. 52-53
2008Jorgechlamys centralis Griffin and Nielsen

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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
genusJorgechlamysdel Río 2004
speciescentralis(Sowerby 1846)

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.

†Jorgechlamys centralis Sowerby 1846
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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 mobilef
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:02:01
Modified: 2010-02-16 06:48:49
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Casamayoran to the top of the Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Pecten centralis (50067)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Pecten centralis (50075)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Jorgechlamys centralis (48068)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile Chlamys centralis (78425 78427 78429)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Jorgechlamys centralis (71403 71404)
Miocene - Pleistocene23.03 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Cruz) Pecten centralis (54123)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Antarctica Pecten centralis (41577 41578)