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Entolium discites

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronectites discites was named by Schlotheim (1820). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pecten discites by Goldfuss (1836), Giebel (1856), Bittner (1899), Bittner (1901) and Ogilvie Gordon (1927); it was recombined as Pecten (Syncyclonema) discites by Cox (1924) and Awad (1945); it was recombined as Costentolium discites by Freneix (1980); it was recombined as Palaeoentolium discites by Romanov (1985); it was recombined as Entolium discites by Gall (1971), Farsan (1972), Bychkov et al. (1976), Chen (1982) and Neri and Posenato (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Pleuronectites discites Schlotheim
1836Pecten discites Goldfuss
1856Pecten discites Giebel
1899Pecten discites Bittner
1901Pecten discites Bittner
1924Pecten (Syncyclonema) discites Cox
1927Pecten discites Ogilvie Gordon
1945Pecten (Syncyclonema) discites Awad
1971Entolium discites Gall
1972Entolium discites Farsan
1976Entolium discites Bychkov et al.
1980Costentolium discites Freneix
1982Entolium discites Chen p. 217 figs. Pl 3, figs 5-8
1985Entolium discites Neri and Posenato figs. Pl 3, fig 4
1985Palaeoentolium discites Romanov

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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)
suborderEntoliidina
superfamilyEntolioideaTeppner 1922
familyEntoliidaeKorobkov 1960
genusEntolium()
speciesdiscites(Schlotheim 1820)

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.

Entolium discites Schlotheim 1820
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1231.919.048.035.510.8
valve height520.28.5337.718.511.5

Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubg
Life habit: epifaunalsubg
Diet: suspension feedersubg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2004-02-29 16:58:42
Modified: 2004-02-29 18:58:42
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, o = order
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Tuvalian or 254.17000 to 221.50000 Ma

Collections (94 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) Entolium discites (60533)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Italy (Veneto) Entolium discites (77392)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2Japan (Fukui) Entolium discites (39972 40118)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2Japan (Miyazaki) Entolium discites (40551)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) Entolium discites (108556 108564)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Sichuan) Entolium discites (149107)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guangxi) Entolium discites (121129)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2China (Sichuan) Entolium discites (149096)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2China (Guangxi) Entolium discites (121138 121139)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Italy Entolium discites (115788 115791)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Qinghai) Entolium discites (112825 112827)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2China (Anhui) Entolium discites (95659)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Vietnam Entolium discites (44762)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2China (Xizang) Entolium discites (150483 150484 150485)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Jordan (Janoobiah) Pecten discites (201986 201987)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2China (Qinghai) Entolium discites (112811 112812 112813)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France (Moselle) Entolium discites (206492)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France (Bas-Rhin) Entolium discites (206488 206504)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Entolium discites (66084)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation Entolium discites (107040)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany Entolium discites (66080)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Jiangsu) Entolium discites (44719)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Qinghai) Entolium discites (101025 101026 101029 101033 101034 101040 101043 101044 101045 101048)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Entolium discites (201821)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Egypt (Shamal Sina) Pecten discites (206058)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Veszprem) Entolium discites (43725)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Pecten discites (212788)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Hessen) Entolium discites (38545 44357 44358 66083)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Hunan) Entolium discites (44731)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Austria (Innsbruck) Pecten discites (202275)
Bithynian - Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Baranya) Entolium discites (181570)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Mecsek) Entolium discites (197115 197125 197126 197127 197128)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Vicentin) Entolium discites (87260)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Baranya) Entolium discites (181571)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) Entolium discites (81492 81493 81496)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Malaysia (Kelantan) Entolium discites (211343)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Slovakia Entolium discites (44916)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Entolium discites (31611 31614 31616 31618 31619 31620 31621 31629)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Austria (Innsbruck) Pecten discites (202278 202280)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Afghanistan (Hindu kush) Entolium discites (123734 123735 123736 123737 123738 123740 123741 123742 123743)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Slovakia Entolium discites (23867 44352)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Spain (Alicante) Entolium discites (202240)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Spain (Tarragona) Entolium discites (109710)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary Entolium discites (70883)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Hungary Entolium discites (23870)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Hungary Entolium discites (73262 73279 204766)