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Amusium toulae

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten (Amusium) toulae was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1911). Its type specimen is ANSP 1752, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Amusium toulae by Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. zinguli, A. zinguli, A. squamulum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Pecten (Amusium) toulae Brown and Pilsbry p. 365 figs. pl. 28, fig. 7
1922Amusium luna Olsson p. 205
1929Amusium luna Weisbord p. 13
1982Amusium toulae Woodring p. 587
1991Amusium luna Terry Smith p. 658

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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
genusAmusium(Röding 1798)
speciestoulae()

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.

†Amusium toulae Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Invalid names: Amusium luna Brown and Pilsbry 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubg
Life habit: epifaunalsubg
Diet: suspension feedersubg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-09-09 08:16:34
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:16:34
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, o = order
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 23.03000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Amusium toulae (42626 42628 93039 93240)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten luna (135496 135497)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Amusium luna (60678)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Amusium toulae (93043 93047)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Amusium luna (134661) Amusium toulae (93051 93054 93170 93176)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Amusium toulae (145253 145254 145281 145332 145333 145334 145357)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten luna (61030 135499)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Amusium toulae (96500)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Pecten luna (61031 135500)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Amusium toulae (60691 60692)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Amusium luna (134655)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Amusium luna (134673)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia (La Guajira) Amusium luna (136994)