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Inoceramus apicalis

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy
Inoceramus lamarcki apicalis was named by Woods (1912). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Inoceramus apicalis by Cobban and Merewhether (1983) and Cobban (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. agdjakendensis, I. anakusensis, I. angulatus, I. angustiundulatus, I. annulatus, I. aucella, I. australis, I. balchii, I. barsliensis, I. bererensis, I. bicorrugatus, I. bojarkensis, I. borilensis, I. cadottensis, I. comancheanus, I. conicus, I. crippsi, I. crispi, I. curvieri, I. etheridgei, I. ewaldi, I. fiegei, I. flavus, I. gusselkaensis, I. heinzi, I. incurvus, I. ipuanus, I. irenensis, I. kapuus, I. labiatiformis, I. labiatoidiformis, I. lapparenti, I. maedae, I. mamatensis, I. marathonensis, I. matotorus, I. nodai, I. nukeus, I. obtusus, I. opetius, I. pedalionoides, I. perplexus, I. pertenuis, I. pochialaineni, I. proximus, I. pseudoregularis, I. quadrans, I. quatsinoensis, I. reduncus, I. renngarteni, I. richensis, I. rutherfordi, I. sagensis, I. saratoviensis, I. schloenbachi, I. schoendorfi, I. spitzbergensis, I. stilley, I. stoneleyi, I. subneocomiensis, I. subpercostatus, I. sutherlandi, I. tenuis, I. tenuistriatus, I. tenuistriatus(), I. tenuiumbonatus, I. typicus, I. urius, I. vanuxemi, I. vanuxemiformis, I. volgensis, I. waltersdorfensis, I. wandereri, I. warakius, I. yokoyamai, I. zavoljiensis, I. concentrica, I. goldfussi, I. tenuilineatum, I. crippsi, I. iburiensis, I. soukupi, I. rhomboides, I. bornholmensis, I. guerichi, I. steenstrupi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Inoceramus lamarcki apicalis Woods p. 319 figs. pl. 53, figs. 4-6
1983Inoceramus apicalis Cobban p. 5
1983Inoceramus apicalis Cobban and Merewhether

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyInoceramoideaGiebel 1852
familyInoceramidaeGiebel 1852
genusInoceramusSowerby 1814
speciesapicalis(Woods 1912)

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.

†Inoceramus apicalis Woods 1912
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 11:12:15
Modified: 2009-04-13 13:12:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Minnesota) Inoceramus apicalis (88013)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Russian Federation Inoceramus apicalis (84214)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (South Dakota) Inoceramus apicalis (88005)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil Inoceramus apicalis (140890)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Germany Inoceramus apicalis (12626 12627 12628 12629 12631 12632 12633 12634 12635 12636 12637 12638 12639 12640 12641 12642 12643 12644 12645 12646 12647 12648 12649 12650 12651 12652 12653 12654 12655 12656 12657 12658 12659)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Nebraska) Inoceramus apicalis (88004)