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Ctenoides (Ctenoides) scabra

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea scabra was named by Born (1778) [DISTRIBUTION: Southern Florida-West Indies (Recent); South Carolina (Pleistocene).]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Lima (Ctenoides) scabra by Dall (1898) and Olsson (1953); it was recombined as Lima scabra by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Ctenoides (Ctenoides) scabra by Vokes (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. holzapfeli, C. naufragus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Ostrea scabra Born p. 110
1898Lima (Ctenoides) scabra Dall p. 768
1953Lima (Ctenoides) scabra Olsson p. 59
1962Lima scabra Richards p. 56
1973Ctenoides (Ctenoides) scabra Vokes pp. 90, 91

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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
—Limoidei(Moore 1952)
superfamilyLimoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLimidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCtenoidesMörch 1853
subgenusCtenoidesMörch 1853
speciesscabra()

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: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2009-09-09 08:35:07
Modified: 2010-02-19 06:54:29
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Ctenoides scabra (92460)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Lima scabra (79336)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Lima scabra (60880)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Lima scabra (66768 66775)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Lima scabra (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Lima scabra (67069)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Lima scabra (80676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Lima scabra (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Lima scabra (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Lima scabra (80407)